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Sophora longicarinata

Sophora longicarinata
Photo: Grapeman4, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
N. New Zealand South I.
Climate
subtropical

About

Sophora longicarinata is commonly known as kōwhai or limestone kōwhai that grows naturally in a limited range around northern Nelson and also western Marlborough in New Zealand. This species has quite small leaves compared to other similar species. Originally classified as a species in 1942 and then merged with Sophora microphylla it was reclassified as its own species again in 2001.

As its common name suggests it grows in limestone areas. This species does not have a divaricating juvenile phase.

Other Sophora plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sophora longicarinata 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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