The Japanese Pagoda Tree (Sophora japonica) is a tall deciduous tree of the family Leguminosae, native to eastern Asia, with a dense, spherical crown and green, later grey, bark. The leaves are alternate, odd-pinnate with between nine and seventeen stalked, ovate to lanceolate, prickly tipped leaflets. The flowers are white in colour and arranged in loose terminal panicles. The fruit is a pod, constricted between the three or four, black, bean-shaped, poisonous seeds. Research Japanese Pagoda Tree
Sophora is a genus of plants of the family Leguminosae. The species are ornamental shrubs and trees found chiefly in central and tropical Asia, and the tropical and sub-tropical parts of South America. The leaves are broken up into two rows of paired leaflets, and the purple, yellow or cream-coloured pea-like flowers are borne in racemes or panicles. A popular species of Sophora is the Chinese Pagoda-tree (Sophora japonica). Research Sophora
A pagoda sleeve is a sleeve fitted on the upper arm, with tiered frills - usually three - on the lower part of the arm reaching to the wrist. Pagoda sleeves were popular during the 18th century. Research Pagoda Sleeve
A pagoda was originally an Indian temple for an idol. They consist of one or more quadrangular courts with towers at the corners, surrounded by a wall. Large pyramids rising in stages cover the entrance, behind which extend colonnades, and large halls called Tschultris, which are used to lodge pilgrims in. Small side-temples appear with cupolas surmounting the accessory buildings. Behind the first court is often a second and a third, in which, finally, the chief temple stands. Research Pagoda
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