Sophora flavescens
| Sophora flavescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Sophoreae |
| Genus: | Sophora |
| Species: | S. flavescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Sophora flavescens Aiton | |
Sophora flavescens, the shrubby sophora,[1] is a species of plant in the genus Sophora of the family Fabaceae. This genus contains about 52 species, nineteen varieties, and seven forms that are widely distributed in Asia, Oceania, and the Pacific islands. About fifteen of these species have a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicines.[2]
Growth and cultivation
Sophora flavescens is an evergreen slow growing shrub growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) by 1 m (3.3 ft). It is hardy to 0–10 °F (−18 – −12 °C) and to US zone 6. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It requires moist soil. Like many other species in the family Fabaceae, this species can fix nitrogen.[citation needed]
Chemistry
- Matrine and matrine oxide, quinolizidine alkaloids found in the roots
- Kushenin, a pterocarpan and isoflavonoid[3]
- Sophoraflavanone G[4]
- 7,9,2',4'-Tetrahydroxy-8-isopentenyl-5-methoxychalcone[5]
- Sophoridine
- Trifolirhizin, a pterocarpan flavonoid, isolated from the roots
- 8-Prenylkaempferol, a prenylflavonoid
- Oxysophocarpine and sophocarpine, alkaloids[6]
Toxicity
Toxic effects from use of the root may include nausea, dizziness, vomiting, constipation, spasms, disturbance of speech, irregular breathing, respiratory failure and death.
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