Sophora japonica flower extract (inci)

Sophora japonica flower extract is the extract from the bright yellow, small flowers of Sophora japonica, the Japanese pagoda tree. Japanese pagoda tree), a tree in the Faboideae subfamily of the legume family (Fabaceae), native to China, Japan and Korea and up to 30 m tall.
Sophora japonica flower extract is used in cosmetic formulations, among other things, but is also used in medicine (see ulcerative colitis below).

The flower extract acts as a skin protectant (protects the skin from external influences).

Bark and seeds, but especially the fruit skin are poisonous.

1. Roth L et al (1994) Sophora japonica. In: Poisonous plants, plant toxins. Nikol Publishing Company, Hamburg S. 672