Kowhai
Kowhai grow to around eight metres high and have fairly smooth bark with small leaves. They flower from spring through to early summer with large, bright, horn-shaped, yellow flowers.
Kōwhai is the Maori word for yellow, from the colour of the flowers.
Kowhai is a small tree native to New Zealand. There are two species: sophora microphylla is more common, and has smaller leaves and flowers than sophora teraptera. Kowhai trees grow throughout the country and are a common feature in New Zealand gardens.
Kowhai
Scientific classification
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Plantae Division:
Magnoliophyta Class:
Magnoliopsida Order:
Fabales Family:
Fabaceae Genus:
Sophora[?] Species:
Microphylla, Teraptera References ITIS 26957 (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=26957)