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Taxon:  Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott



Summary
Genus:
Styphnolobium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Sophoreae
Nomen number:
314715
Place of publication:
Wiener Z. Kunst 1830(3):844. 1830
Verified:
03/23/1993 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sophora japonica L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sophora japonica L. f. pendula Zabel
Sophora japonica L. var. oligophylla Franch.
Sophora japonica L. var. pubescens (Tausch) Bosse
Sophora japonica L. var. violacea Carriere
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Reference(s)
  1. Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Foster, C. M. et al. 1998. Nodulation response of woody papilionoid species after inoculation with rhizobia and soil from Hawaii, Asia and North America. Pl. & Soil 205:103-111.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  6. Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Medicinal plants in China: a selection of 150 commonly used species. WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series no. 2. 1989
  7. Ishizawa, S. 1953. Studies on the root-nodule bacteria of leguminous plants. I [in Japanese, English summary]. J. Sci. Soil Manure 23:125-130, 189-195, 241-244.
  8. Keys, J. D. Chinese herbs: their botany, chemistry, and pharmacodynamics. 1976
  9. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  10. National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical & Biological Products. Colour atlas of Chinese traditional drugs, Vol 1. 1987
  11. Nicolson, D. H. 1982. Schott's new taxa published in the Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst etc. (1829-1830). Taxon 31:551.
  12. Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):472.
  13. Santamour, F. S., Jr. & L. G. H. Riedel. 1997. A new name for Sophora Japonica . J. Arboric. 23:166-167.
  14. Sousa S., M. & V. E. Rudd. 1993. Revision del genero Styphnolobium (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Sophoreae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:273.
  15. Tsoong, P.-C. & C.-Y. Ma. 1981. A study of the genus Sophora Linn. (Cont.). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19:162.
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  17. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  18. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  19. Yakovlev, G. P. 1975. Rody triby Sophoreae (Bronn) DC. (sem. Fabaceae) flory SSR (Tribus Sophoreae (Bronn) DC. (Fabaceae) genera florae URSS). Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 12:228.
  20. Yen, Kun-Ying. Illustrated Chinese materia medica: crude drugs. 1980
  21. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
Chinese scholartree –
Japanese pagoda-tree –
pagoda-tree –
Japanese Rōmaji
enju –
Swedish
pagodträd –
Transcribed Chinese
huai –
Transcribed Korean
hoehwanamu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
2Cultivated     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Shandong, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan]
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Medicinessource of rutin Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):472.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=314715. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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