529 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Rosidae

► Order Fabales

► Family Fabaceae [= Leguminosae] - Pea family

► Subfamily Faboideae

► Subfamily (Alt) Papilionoideae

► Tribe Millettieae

► Genus Wisteria Nutt. - Wisteria

Synonyms

≡ Glycine sinensis (basinom) Sims

≡ Kraunhia sinensis (Sims) Greene

(=) Wisteria sinensis var. alba Lindl.

Common names

Chinese wisteria (English)

Chinese-glycine (English)

Glicina (English)

Glicine (English)

Primavera (English)

 

Zi teng (Chinese)

Description

Small lavender papilionaceous flowers with a yellow mark in the centre of the upper petal; borne in long dense pendant racemes. A large deciduous woody vine with flowers that appear before the leaves.