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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (マメ科) > Styphnolobium japonicum
Subfamily FaboideaeStyphnolobium (L.) Schott (エンジュ)One species in JapanEnju (エンジュ, 槐), Chinese scholar, Japanese pagodatree Lifeform: deciduous shrub or small tree Distribution: originally distributed in eastern China (transplanted traditionally in Japan) Habitat (in native regions): thickets and upland forest on rocky mountain slopes Utilization: garden tree and street tree (used for traditional medicine in China) → a few cultivars |
Synonyms:
Sophora japonica L. Enju (エンジュ)hari-enju (ハリエンジュ) Robinia pseudoacacia L.inu-enju (イヌエンジュ) Maackia amurensis Rupr. et Maxim. |
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[1-3] at the arboretum (樹木園) of Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, in Hitsujigaoka, Sapporo, on July 9 2013.