sophora

1. Cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers;
   Some species placed in genus Podalyria (synset 112590631)
   is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
   member holonym:

   • chinese scholar tree, chinese scholartree, japanese pagoda tree, sophora japonica, sophora sinensis - handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
   • coral bean, frijolillo, frijolito, mescal bean, sophora secundiflora - shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
   • kowhai, sophora tetraptera - shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood
   belongs to: papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
   same as: genus sophora

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