Sophora tetraptera

Sophora tetraptera
Large-leaved kōwhai foliage (from Taupo)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Sophoreae
Genus: Sophora
Species: S. tetraptera
Binomial name
Sophora tetraptera
J.S.Muell.

Sophora tetraptera is commonly known as kōwhai or large-leaved kōwhai that grows naturally only in the central east of the North Island in New Zealand. S. tetraptera has larger more widely spaced leaves than the seven other species of kōwhai.[1]

References

Large-leaved kōwhai flowers
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