Styphnolobium japonicum (L.)Schott

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Styphnolobium Endl.
Tribe: Sophoreae
References: [2078]

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Other names:

• Sophora japonica L. [Synonym] [210][754][808][2078]
  

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Common Names:

• Japanese Pagoda Tree [1862] [1902]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
  • 1993 Adams BR
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
  • 1996(Japan)Ohashi H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Domestic [1862]
  
• Environmental [1862] [210]
  
• Medicine [1862] [121]
  
• Toxins [2015]
  
• Wood [1862]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Egypt [8]
  • Kenya [210]
  • South Africa [543]
  • Zimbabwe [8]

• Asia [210] [1179] [1862] [1914] [1930] [1937] [1938] [1939] [2015] [2907]
  • China [1179]
  • India [1862] [1914]
  • Iran [1862] [1939]
  • Iraq [1862]
  • Japan [1930]
  • Korea [1862]
  • Pakistan [1938]
  • Taiwan [2907]
  • USSR [2015]
  • Vietnam [1937]

• Europe [454]
  • Czechoslovakia [754]
  • France-F.E. [754]
  • Italy [454]
  • Romania [754]

• Indian Ocean [1915]
  • Mauritius [1915]

• North America [1847]
  • United States [1847]

• Pacific Ocean [2265]
  • New Zealand(North) [2265]

• South America [1140]
  • Argentina [1140]

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Notes:

• Native of China though widely cultivated in Japan
  
• Frequently planted for ornament and often naturalised [754]
  
• Cultivated on Mauritius during the 1800's; no recent records. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:16:10