Sophora violacea

Sophora violacea [3], also known as purple kōwhai,(S. rubriflora [4]), grows naturally in the west of the Sri Lanka from north to south East and Java[5]

Purple kōwhai

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
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S. violacea
Binomial name
Sophora violacea
Synonyms[2]
  • Sophora rubriflora P.C.Tsoong

References

  1. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 94. 1859
  2. PC Tsoong and Ma (1981) Acta phytotax Sinica 19 143 167
  3. Yákovlev, GP. 1967. Zametki po sistematike i geographii roda Sophora L. i blizkikh rodov. Trudy Leningradskogo khimico-farmacevticheskogo instituta. 21:42-62
  4. Plant List
  5. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon [1980] edited by M.D. Dassanayake and F.R. Fosberg vol.I, p.440


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