- Sophora, genus Sophora - cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria
--1 is a kind of rosid dicot genus
--1 is a member of Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae
--1 has members:Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis; mescal bean, coral bean, frijolito, frijolillo, Sophora secundiflora; kowhai, Sophora tetraptera