Sophora L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 85

5. Sophora L. 1

(Inch Goebelia Bunge ex Boiss. )

Deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs, or stout perennial herbs. Leaves imparipinnate; stipules small, usually linear, scarious. Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx tubular or tubularcampanulate, slightly bilabiate; stamens free. Legume stipitate, constricted between the seeds and often moniliform, indéhiscent or tardily dehiscent. Seeds few or many, rarely 1.

1 Trees; flowers in panicles 1. japonica

1 Herbs; flowers in racemes

2 Leaflets densely pubescent or villous above; corolla white 2. alopecuroides

2 Leaflets glabrous or sparsely pubescent above; corolla pale

yellow 3. jaubertii