Fabaceae FAMILY

Sophora chrysophylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sophora chrysophylla varies in habit according to the habitat in which it grows - at lower elevations it is a deciduous tree growing 6 - 15 metres tall, but in poor soils or at the higher levels of its range it can be a shrub just 1 metre tall. The bole can be up to 60cm in diameter[ 417 Title Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database Publication Author Website http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/index.asp Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Brief details on over 100 species of Hawaiian plants. , 509 Title The Indiginous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands Publication Author Rock J.F. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 1913 ISBN Description A guide to the trees and forests of Hawaii. Rather dated, but a good work. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeNorth central Pacific - Hawaii.

HabitatDry shrubland and forest to mesic or rarely wet forest, formerly in subalpine vegetation from sea level, but more commonly from 450 - 3,240 metres on most main islands of Hawaii[ 417 Title Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database Publication Author Website http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/index.asp Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Brief details on over 100 species of Hawaiian plants. , 509 Title The Indiginous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands Publication Author Rock J.F. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 1913 ISBN Description A guide to the trees and forests of Hawaii. Rather dated, but a good work. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].