Fabaceae
Mamani
Sophora chrysophylla
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Sophora
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- صفيراء ذهبية الأوراق, صفيراء أحادية الأوراق
- arz
- صفيراء ذهبية الاوراق
- English
- Mamani
- French
- Māmame, Māmane
- Hawaiian
- Mamane, Mamani, Māmane
- Russian
- Софора золотистолистная
Synonyms
- Edwardsia chrysophylla Salisb.
- Edwardsia chrysophylla var. glabrata A.Gray
- Edwardsia chrysophylla var. lanaiensis Chock
- Edwardsia unifoliata (Rock) O.Deg.
- Sophora chrysophylla f. haleakalaensis Chock
- Sophora chrysophylla f. makuaensis Chock
- Sophora chrysophylla f. obovata Chock
- Sophora chrysophylla subsp. glabrata (A.Gray) Chock
- Sophora chrysophylla subsp. unifoliata (Rock) Chock
- Sophora chrysophylla var. elliptica Chock
- Sophora chrysophylla var. glabrata (A.Gray) Rock
- Sophora chrysophylla var. kanaioensis Chock
- Sophora chrysophylla var. lanaiensis Chock
- Sophora chrysophylla var. unifoliata Rock
- Sophora grisea O.Deg. & Sherff
- Sophora lanaiensis (Chock) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Sophora unifoliata (Rock) O.Deg. & Sherff
- Sophora unifoliata var. elliptica (Chock) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Sophora unifoliata var. kanaioensis (Chock) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October, December to March (from 59 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: kweitemier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alison Copeland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: My-Lan Le, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Richard Fuller, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosario Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicholas Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.