Japanese Pagoda Tree (Sophora japonica)

Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: White, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

rich source of rutin, they contain much more than the usual commercial source, buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum). — Young leaves and flowers - cooked.; The leaves need to be cooked in three lots of water in order to remove the bitterness.; This will also remove most of the vitamins and minerals.; The leaves are a rich source of rutin, they contain much more than the usual commercial source, buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).

Habitat & North American Range

Open country between 300 and 1000 metres in W. China. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)