Fabaceae
Kentucky yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cladrastis
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- خشب أصفر, خشب اصفر
- arz
- خشب اصفر
- Belarusian
- Кладрастыс жоўты
- Chinese
- 美国香槐, 黄木香槐
- Czech
- Křehovětvec žlutý
- English
- Kentucky yellowwood
- Finnish
- Lakkipuu
- German
- Amerikanisches Gelbholz
- Hungarian
- Amerikai sárgafa
- Japanese
- ケンタッキー・イエローウッド, アメリカユクノキ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Amerikagulved
- Persian
- چوبزرد آمریکایی
- Polish
- Strączyn żółty
- Tamil
- கெண்டகி மஞ்சள் மரம்
Synonyms
- Cladrastis albiflora Raf.
- Cladrastis fragrans Raf.
- Cladrastis kentuckensis (Dum.Cours.) Jacks.
- Cladrastis kentuckensis Raf.
- Cladrastis kentukea f. tomentosa (Steyerm.) Spongberg
- Cladrastis lutea Raf.
- Cladrastis lutea (F.Michx.) K.Koch
- Cladrastis lutea f. tomentosa Steyerm.
- Cladrastis tinctoria Raf.
- Sophora kentukea Dum.Cours.
- Virgilia alba Raf.
- Virgilia dumontii Raf.
- Virgilia fragilis Raf.
- Virgilia kentuckensis Raf.
- Virgilia kentukea (Dum.Cours.) Raf.
- Virgilia lutea F.Michx.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.