*Japanese pagoda tree

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*Styphnolobium japonicum
JAPANESE PAGODA TREE
Fabaceae
Asia

Location: map coordinates: D-32 (near northeast corner of Price Building), N 39°11'15'' W 75°32'25''; and
M-29 (south of Jason Library entrance), N 39°11'8'' W 75°32'30''

Planting history: presently unknown.

Description:
  • medium-sized deciduous tree
  • formerly named Sophora japonica (synonym)
  • common name “pagoda tree” probably because it was commonly planted around Buddhist temples; also known as Chinese scholar tree
  • leaf compound, 7-17 leaflets
  • flowers whitish-yellow, in hanging clusters (racemes); ca August (later than most other flowering trees)
  • fruit a legume, with the pod distinctively constricted between the seeds, like the beads on a necklace (resembling a loment)
  • native to China (not native to Japan, in spite of the common name Japanese pagoda tree); used in traditional Chinese medicine

*Non-native species (not native to Delaware)

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    There are 2 labeled Japanese pagoda trees.
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