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Styphnolobium japonicum
| Styphnolobium japonicum | |
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| Styphnolobium japonicum tree | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Styphnolobium |
| Species: | S. japonicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Styphnolobium japonicum | |
| Synonyms | |
Styphnolobium japonicum, the Japanese pagoda tree[3] (also known as the Chinese scholar tree and pagoda tree; syn. Sophora japonica) is a species of deciduous tree in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae.
It was formerly included within a broader interpretation of the genus Sophora. The species of Styphnolobium differ from Sophora in lacking the ability to form symbioses with rhizobia (nitrogen fixing bacteria) on their roots. It also differs from the related genus Calia (mescalbeans) in having deciduous leaves and flowers in axillary, not terminal, racemes. The leaves are alternate, pinnate, with nine to 21 leaflets, and the flowers in pendulous racemes similar to those of the black locust.
- ^ "Styphnolobium japonicum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Styphnolobium japonicum – ILDIS LegumeWeb". Retrieved 19 February 2008.
- ^ NRCS. "Styphnolobium japonicum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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