Styphnolobium japonicum
Japanese Pagodatree

Previously known as:  Sophora japonica
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (Very showy, fragrant creamy white flowers in 6-12" panicles in August)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Medium green foliage in spring changing to dark green in summer; poor fall color)
 Fruit Notes:
Green ("String of pearls"-like fruit is green 2-4" pod changing to yellow brown in fall)
 Ultimate Height:
50-75 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
50-75 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, but grows best in moist, fertile, well-drained soil
 Range:
China, Japan
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
7-17, 1-2" long, leaflets in pinnately compound leaves with entire margins. Smooth stem is green, slender, and swollen at nodes. Wooly black buds are partially concealed within leaf scar.

Additional Information

A widely adapted tree with good drought and pollution tolerance, and foliage texture comparable to Gleditsia, but a smaller tree and with more seasonal interest. Relatively trouble-free except for fungi that live in weaker twigs that cause twig blight and canker. Fungi invade most readily those twigs killed by cold or self-pruning. Seeds are poisonous. Difficult to train a central leader. More cold sensitive when young.

When Styphnolobium japonicum has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

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8 Styphnolobium japonicum found

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= Heritage plant = Memorial plant
Number Accession ID Location
1ORIG_4236*AOWEN
2ORIG_4568*AHARR
3ORIG_4252*AOWEN
4ORIG_4244*AOWEN
5ORIG_6528*ASMTH
6ORIG_4438*AMCUT
7ORIG_0074*AMRPK
8ORIG_0934*ASTONE

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