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Waitakere Kowhai

Sophora fulvida

Waitakere Kowhai
Photo: André Richard Chalmers, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
N. & NW. New Zealand North I.
Climate
subtropical

About

Sophora fulvida, the kōwhai or west coast kōwhai is one of 8 species of native Sophora or kōwhai in New Zealand and grows naturally around the Northland, Auckland and Waikato regions of New Zealand.

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, it is classified as "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon", because of its restricted range.

Other Sophora plants

Sophora alopecuroides · Sophora cassioides · Coastal Kōwhai · Mamani · Sophora fernandeziana · Shrubby sophora · Brush Sophora · Godley’s Kōwhai · Lord Howe Kowhai · Western necklacepod · Sophora longicarinata · Sophora macrocarpa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sophora fulvida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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