Sophora tetraptera

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Plant Characteristics
Origin: New Zealand
Poisonous: All parts
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Exposure: fullsun"fullsun" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property., part-sun, semi-shade"semi-shade" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: regular"regular" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property., moderate
Features: flowers, evergreen, hummingbirds, birds, wildlife, bonsai
Scientific Names



Read about Sophora tetraptera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sophora tetraptera, Ait. (Edwardsia tetraptera, Poir.). Shrub or small tree, 30, rarely 40 ft. high, with slender spreading branches: lfts. very numerous, almost sessile, obovate to linear-oblong, silky-pubescent: fls. in 2-8-fld. racemes, pendulous, about 1 1/2 in. long: pod 4-winged, 7 in. long. Spring. New Zeal., Lord Howe Isl., Juan Fernandez, Chile. G. 29:185.—The following varieties are in cult.: Var. grandiflora, Hook. f. (Edwardsia grandiflora, Salisb.). Lfts. linear-oblong, obtuse, appressed silky-pubescent on both sides, about 1 in. long, in 10-25 pairs: fls. 1 2/3 in. long; standard shorter than wings. B.M. 167. G.C. II. 9:729. Gn. 24, p. 211; 76, p. 292. L.B.C. 12:1162. G. 5:593; 10:445. Var. microphylla, Hook. f. (S. microphylla, Ait. Edwardsia Macnabiana, Curt.). Lfts. orbicular-obovate to broadly oblong, usually emarginate, glabrous or nearly so above, sparingly pubescent beneath, sometimes only on the midrib, 1/4 – 1/2 in. long: fls. about 1 1/2 in. long; standard about as long as wings. B.M. 1442; 3735. G. 34:503, 505. Gn. 24, p. 211. Gn. 12:87 also seems to belong here. CH


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