OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Styphnolobium japonicum   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Styphnolobium japonicum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Styphnolobium japonicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sophora japonica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Sophora japonica

 

COMMON NAME:
Japanese Pagoda Tree


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image of Styphnolobium japonicum, Japanese Pagoda Tree

W.D. Brush, hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database    pnd_soja6_001_lvp

        

image of Styphnolobium japonicum, Japanese Pagoda Tree

W.D. Brush, hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database    pnd_soja6_002_lvp

        

image of Styphnolobium japonicum, Japanese Pagoda Tree

W.D. Brush, hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database    pnd_soja6_003_lvp

        

image of Styphnolobium japonicum, Japanese Pagoda Tree

W.D. Brush, hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database    pnd_soja6_004_lvp

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Styphnolobium japonicum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Styphnolobium japonicum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Styphnolobium japonicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sophora japonica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Sophora japonica

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4165

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Cultivated ornamental, rarely persistent, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-15 leaflets
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
White or creamy
5-toothed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in axillary racemes

FRUIT:
Fall
Yellow-green when young, reddish-brown when mature
Legume

 

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