The Toromiro (Sophora toromiro) was formerly a common tree in the forests of Easter Island.
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The tree is being reintroduced to the island in a scientific project partly led jointly by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Göteborg Botanical Garden, where the only remaining plants of this species with a documented origin were propagated in the 1960s from seeds collected by Thor Heyerdahl.
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Sophora is one of the four genera of native legumes in New Zealand; the other three are Carmichaelia, Clianthus, and Montigena.
Sophora longicarinata is commonly known as kōwhai or limestone kōwhai that grows naturally in a limited range around northern Nelson and also western Marlborough in New Zealand.
Sophora prostrata is commonly known as kōwhai, prostrate kōwhai or dwarf kōwhai and grows naturally in the eastern South Island from Marlborough to the Waitaki Valley in New Zealand.