Sophora leaves can be eaten, the leaves can be used as medicine, there is a clear liver and fire, cool blood detoxification effect.

Acacia branches, acacia root, acacia horn can be used in medicine, the efficacy of different; seed kernel containing starch, can be brewed or for paste, fodder; seed oil for industrial use; acacia horn of the pericarp can be mentioned stuffing sugar and so on.

Sophora japonica can not only be used for medicine, but also has an ornamental greening value, is commonly used in the courtyard of the characteristics of the tree, its branches and leaves are dense, green shade as a cover, suitable for the shade tree, more used as a street tree in northern China. Planted in parks, buildings around the neighborhood residential areas and lawns.

Acacia wood is rich in elasticity, water and moisture resistance, but also for construction, ships, sleepers, vehicles and carvings.

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Cultivation techniques

Acacia seedling nursery should be selected flat terrain, drainage and irrigation conditions are good, fertile soil, the soil layer of deep loam or sandy loam is suitable. Loamy soil is suitable.

Sowing time generally adopts spring sowing, Zhuozhou generally in the middle of April sowing is appropriate. Sowing quantity is 10~12kg per mu, and can be sown in two ways, as a ridge or as a crop.

Distribution area: northern China is more concentrated, Liaoning, south to Guangdong, Taiwan, Shandong, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan.

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