Sophora tonkinensis

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Sophoreae
Genus: Sophora
Sectio: S. sect. Cephalostigmaton
Species: Sophora tonkinensis
Varieties: S. t. var. polyphylla – S. t. var. purpurascens – S. t. var. tonkinensis
Name

Sophora tonkinensis Gagnep., 1914
Synonyms

Cephalostigmaton tonkinensis (Gagnep.) Yakovlev

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: China
China South-Central, China Southeast
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Southeastern Asia
Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Gagnepain, F., 1914. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris. Phanerogramie. Paris 3:18.

Additional references

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sophora tonkinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Sophora tonkinensis. Published online. Accessed: Jun 04 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Sophora tonkinensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 04.
Hassler, M. 2021. Sophora tonkinensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 04. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Sophora tonkinensis. Accessed: 04 Jun 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sophora tonkinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
svenska: Tonkinsofora
Tiếng Việt: Hòe Bắc Bộ
中文: 越南槐

Sophora tonkinensis is a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Sofalcone is an oral gastrointestinal medication and a synthetic derivative of sophoradin,[1] an isoprenyl chalcone found in S. tonkinensis.
References

Konturek SJ, Mrzozowski T, Drozdowicz D, Pawlik W, Sendur R (August 1987). "Gastroprotective and ulcer healing effects of solon, a synthetic flavonoid derivative of sophoradin". Hepatogastroenterology. 34 (4): 164–70. PMID 3478294.