Sophora japonica f. violacea (Chinese Scholar Tree)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Chinese Scholar Tree, Japanese Pagoda Tree

Description

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Genus Sophora

Perennial herbs, shrubs or trees . Leaves imparipinnate ; stipules minute or absent. Inflorescence a many flowered terminal racemes or panicle. Bracts linear , minute or absent. Calyx campanulate , teeth five, unequal, shortly triangular. Corolla cream or yellow, vexillum somewhat longer than the wings and keel. Stamens free or connate at the base . Ovary shortly stipitate , ovules many, style incurved , stigma terminal. Fruit a moniliform lomentum.

A genus of about 80 species, distributed in warm temperate regions of both hemispheres; represented in Pakistan by 6 species including the 3 cultivated ones.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Deciduous.

Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: cream, near white, tan, white

Size/Age/Growth

Size: over 40' tall.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space over 40' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rosanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Leguminosae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Papilionoideae ()
        Tribe: Sophoreae ()
        Genus: Sophora () - C. Linnaeus, 1753 - Necklacepod
        Specific epithet: japonica - Linnaeus
        Form: violacea
        Botanical name: - Sophora japonica L. f. violacea Carrière Linnaeus