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Sophora velutina Lindl.

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HIGHER TAXON: Sophoreae

GENUS: Sophora L.

Sophora velutina Lindl. [Preferred name]
    Indigofera mairei H.Lev. {Synonym}
    Sophora cavaleriei (H.Lev.)P.C.Tsoong {Synonym}
    Sophora glauca DC. {Synonym}
    Sophora mollis Span. {Synonym}
    Sophora philippinensis Merr. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Zimbabwe (N) [543]
  Asia
Bhutan (N) [1947]; China (N) [543, 3412, 3973]; Guangxi [3412]; Guizhou [3412]; Sichuan [3412]; Yunnan [3412]; India (N) [543, 1937, 3009, 3021, 3027, 3366, 3375, 3376, 3973]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3366]; Karnataka [3021]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Indonesia (N) [543]; Malaysia (N) [2076, 3973]; Nepal (N) [1914, 3369, 3973]; Philippines (N) [2076, 3973]; Thailand (N) [2076, 3973]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zambezian woodland [543];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [543, 1937, 1947, 1980, 2076, 3375, 3386, 3412, 3973] ; Distribution Map [543] ; Illustration [1937, 3412]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3973] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [3973] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3973] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S &

  
USES:
  Domestic [3034]

  
NOTES:
  Tsoong & Ma regard S.velutina as a good species native to China. [3535]
  Native to Africa and Asia. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

543.

  Brummitt, R.K. & Gillett, J.B., 1966
    Kirkia 5:259-70.Notes on the genus Sophora in Africa.....

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1937.

  Thuan, N. et al., 1987
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23.P.

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

1980.

  Baker, J.G., 1876
    In:Hooker,J.D., Flora of British India 2:56-306. (1876-1879)

2076.

  Niyomdham, C., 1980
    Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 13: 1-22.

3009.

  Pullaiah, T. & Chennaiah, E., 1997
    Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3021.

  Sharma, B.D. et al., 1984
    Flora of Karnataka. Analysis. B.S.I., Calcutta

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3375.

  Singh, A.N., 1993
    In: Verma,D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol.1.

3376.

  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3412.

  Ma, C.Y., 1994
    Cladrastis &...In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinica, 40 (Leguminosae 2)

3535.

  Tsoong, P.C. & Ma, C.Y., 1981
    Acta Phytotax.Sin.19:1-26,143-167. A study on the g.Sophora.

3973.

  Niyomdham,, 1980
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