- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Sophora L.
Sophora tomentosa L.

[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Colombia
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
- Vernacular
- Ambotrimorona, Bois Chapelet, Coast Sophora, Firitsoka, Fotsiavadikaranto, Herbe Chapelet, Kau Ni Yalewa, Kofai, Latapiso, Manganrava, Micar, Moodoomoroonga, Mudumurunga, Pofatu-aoao, Potu-avao, Sea-coast Laburnum, Tsipolahina
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub 1–3 m. high.
- Morphology Branches
- Young branches, petioles, leaf-rhachides and under-surface of leaflets, inflorescences and calyces ± densely white or grey puberulous to tomentose; upper surface of leaflets densely puberulous or pubescent when young but glabrescent later.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves with petiole and rhachis together 7–25 cm. long and with (4–)5–7(–9) pairs of leaflets; lateral leaflets broadly elliptic to suborbicular, up to 4 cm. long and 3 cm. wide, asymmetrical at the base with the distal side rounded and the proximal side ± cuneate, rounded at the apex; terminal leaflet slightly larger than the lateral ones, equal-sided and ± cuneate at the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers many in terminal racemes up to 25 cm. long; bracts linear, 3–5 mm. long, caducous; pedicels 5–10 mm. long; bracteoles apparently absent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, 4–6 mm. long, with 5 shallow teeth up to 1 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals yellow; standard 14–20 mm. long, 11–14 mm. wide, the limb cuneate and gradually narrowed below to a short broad claw; wings and keel about equalling or slightly shorter than the standard.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary densely ± appressed pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits mostly developing 4–8 seeds.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds subglobose, ± 6–7 mm. long, brownish.
- Distribution
- As subsp. tomentosa, but with subsp. occidentalis (L.) Brummitt in West Africa, eastern South America and the West Indies
Native to:
Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Maldives, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Hawaii, Japan, Line Is., Mauritius, Pakistan, Rodrigues
- English
- Silverbush, Yellow Necklacepod
Sophora tomentosa L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 1, 2009 | Gentry, A. [49488], Brazil | K000892900 | Yes | ||
Nov 12, 2002 | Klitgaard, B.B. [7], Brazil | 62589.000 | No | ||
May 1, 1995 | Souza, V. [85], Brazil | K000892902 | Yes | ||
May 1, 1995 | Souza, V. [346], Brazil | K000892903 | Yes | ||
May 1, 1995 | Souza, V. [346], Brazil | K000892901 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1993 | Amorim, A.M. [960], Bahia | K000187958 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1993 | Amorim, A.M. [960], Bahia | K000187956 | Yes | ||
Oct 1, 1990 | Pinheiro, R.S. [2165], Bahia | K000187957 | Yes | ||
Apr 5, 1990 | Leoni, L.S. [988], Brazil | K000892909 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Krapovickas, A. [43514], Brazil | K000892907 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1989 | Silva, J.M. [680], Brazil | K000892908 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1986 | Giordano, L.C. [12], Brazil | K000892905 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1986 | Martinelli, G. [11684], Brazil | K000892906 | Yes | ||
Hunt, P.F. [2762], Solomon Is. | 32393.000 | No | |||
Lewis, G.P., Brazil | 48753.000 | No | |||
Lewis, Brazil | 51564.000 | No | |||
Owens, S.J., USA | 52824.000 | No | |||
Jack, W. [Cat. no. 5333], Malaysia | K001120591 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5333] | K001120594 | Yes | |||
Telfair, C. [Cat. no. 5333], Mauritius | K001120592 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5333], Vietnam | K001120593 | Yes | |||
Eiten, G. [6219], Brazil | K000892904 | Yes | |||
Koorders, S.H. [26430], Jawa | K000759741 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5333] | K001120590 | Yes | |||
Mori, S.A. [12139], Bahia | K000187959 | Yes | |||
Klitgaard, B.B. [7], Brazil | K000892910 | Yes | |||
Steenis, C.G.G.J.v. [9820], Sumatera | K000759740 | Unknown type material | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 373 (1753)
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