Sophora

Etymology
Coined by Linnaeus in 1753 from an "ancient name" for a similar plant, presumed taking over the epithet of the medicinal and yellow-flowered Arabian syn. the epithet of which derives from the name for  now spelled, , , secondarily connected to the Arabic triliteral root  and the plant name , from , under influence of  in order to make a pun.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily;  - tribe

Hyponyms

 * - type species; for other species see