Fabaceae

Yellow necklacepod

Sophora tomentosa L.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Sophora

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: صفيراء لبدية
arz: صفيراء لبديه
Chinese: 毛苦參, 絨毛槐, 绒毛槐, 岭南槐树, 毛苦参, 海南槐, 海南豆树
English: Yellow necklacepod
Indonesian: Tarum laut
Japanese: イソフジ
Sundanese: Bungbulan
Thai: สารพัดพิษ
Tongan: Lata

Synonyms

Sophora fometosa L.
Sophora tometosa L.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Penarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marcia Stefani, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marcia Stefani, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: M108t, CC BY 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.