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Genus:
Sophora Life
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Eurosid I > Fabales > Fabaceae > Subfamily: Papilionoideae
About 60-70 species (warm regions worldwide), with three
species native to
southern Africa, and an additional four species that are cultivated in the
region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Sophora inhambensis |
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Sophora tomentosa
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Sophora velutina
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Sophora davidii
Native to China. |
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Sophora microphylla
Native to New Zealand. |
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Sophora mollis
Native to Asia. Includes subspecies griffithii (recorded as
Sophora griffithii in Glen, 2002). |
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Sophora tetraptera (New Zealand
laburnum, Kowhai)
Native to New Zealand. |
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