Fabaceae
Japanese pagoda tree
Styphnolobium japonicum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Styphnolobium
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Common names
By language (42)
- Arabic
- صفيرا اليابان, صفيرة, صفيراء اليابان
- Armenian
- Սոֆորա ճապոնական
- arz
- صفيرا اليابان
- Asturian
- Alcacia de Xapón
- azb
- ژاپون سوفوراسی
- Azerbaijani
- Yapon stifnolobiumu
- Basque
- Japoniar sofora
- Bulgarian
- Японска софора
- Cantonese
- 槐, 龍爪槐
- Catalan
- Acàcia del Japó, Sòfora
- Chinese
- 槐树, 槐樹, 槐, 国槐, 曲阜槐, 盖槐, 堇花槐, 五叶槐
- Czech
- Jerlín japonský
- Danish
- Pagodetræ
- Dutch
- Honingboom
- English
- Japanese pagoda tree, Scholar tree
- Esperanto
- Japania soforo
- Finnish
- Japaninpagodipuu
- French
- Arbre à miel
- Galician
- Sófora
- Georgian
- Იაპონური სტიფნოლობიუმი
- German
- Japanischer Schnurbaum, Schnurbaum
- hak
- Fài-su
- Hungarian
- Közönséges pagodafa, Japánakác
- Italian
- Sofora del Giappone, Acacia del Giappone
- Japanese
- エンジュ, えにす, ニガキ
- Korean
- 회화나무
- lzh
- 槐
- mnc
- ᡥᠣᡥᠣᠩᡤᠣ ᠮᠣᠣ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Pagodetre
- pam
- Styphnolobium
- Persian
- تلخهبیان
- Polish
- Perełkowiec japoński
- Portuguese
- Styphnolobium
- Russian
- Софора японская
- Serbian
- Sofora
- Slovak
- Sofora japonská
- Swedish
- Pagodträdssläktet
- Tajik
- Булғор
- Tamil
- கோபுர மரம்
- Turkish
- Japon soforası
- Ukrainian
- Софора японська
- Vietnamese
- Hòe
Synonyms
- Anagyris chinensis Spreng.
- Anagyris foetida Lour.
- Anagyris sinensis Steud.
- Macrotropis foetida DC.
- Ormosia esquirolii H.Lév.
- Pongamia chinensis DC.
- Radiusia chinensis (Spreng.) Heynh.
- Robinia mitis Lour.
- Sophora angustifoliola Q.Q.Liu & H.Y.Ye
- Sophora griffithii subsp. korolkowii Yakovlev
- Sophora japonica L.
- Sophora japonica f. columnaris Schwer.
- Sophora japonica f. oligophylla Spach
- Sophora japonica f. oligophylla Franch.
- Sophora japonica f. pendula (Lodd. ex Sweet) Zabel
- Sophora japonica f. praecox Schwer.
- Sophora japonica f. violacea (Carrière) Zabel
- Sophora japonica var. pendula Lodd. ex Sweet
- Sophora japonica var. pubescens (Tausch) Bosse
- Sophora japonica var. vestita Rehder
- Sophora japonica var. violacea Carrière
- Sophora korolkowi Diecks
- Sophora korolkowi Dieck ex Koehne
- Sophora korolkowii Dieck ex Koehne
- Sophora mairei H.Lév.
- Sophora pendula (Lodd. ex Sweet) d'Ounous
- Sophora pubescens Tausch
- Sophora sinensis Forrest
- Sophora sinica Rosier
- Sophora vaniotii H.Lév.
- Sophora vestita Nakai
- Styphnolobium japonicum f. oligophyllum (Spach) H.Ohashi
- Styphnolobium japonicum f. pendulum (Lodd. ex Sweet) H.Ohashi
- Styphnolobium japonicum f. vestitum (Rehder) H.Ohashi
- Styphnolobium japonicum f. violaceum (Carrière) H.Ohashi
- Styphnolobium japonicum var. pendulum (Lodd. ex Sweet) G.Kirchn.
- Styphnolobium japonicum var. pubescens (Tausch) G.Kirchn.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 30 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Emily Summerbell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jonsense, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: masami, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Iehllmore, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ian Wolfe, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Rullman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gergely Nigg, CC BY 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.