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| name = ''Sophora tetraptera'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
| common_names = Kowhai <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| growth_habit = Tree <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| high = 6m to 12m <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| wide = 4m to 10m <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| origin = New Zealand <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| water = regular, moderate <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
| features = flowers, evergreen, hummingbirds, birds, wildlife, bonsai <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
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| color = IndianRed
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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.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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