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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 Senna sophera syn. Cassia sophera the epithet of which derives from the Indonesian name for Senna siamea now spelled johar, juar, juwar, secondarily connected to the Arabic triliteral root ص ف ر(ṣ-f-r) and the plant name صُفَيْرَاء(ṣufayrāʔ), from أَصْفَر(ʔaṣfar, “yellow”), under influence of Ancient Greekσοφός(sophós, “wise”) in order to make a pun.[1]
Proper noun
Sophoraf
A taxonomic genus within the familyFabaceae – a group of shrubs and small trees in the pea family of diverse appearance and widespread distribution.
Genaust, Helmut (1996) “Sophora”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, page 596a
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