Sophora is a genus of about 45 species of small trees and shrubs in the pea family Fabaceae. The species are native to southeast Europe, southern Asia, Australasia, and various Pacific islands, western South America, the western United States, Florida and Puerto Rico. The generic name is derived from sophera, an Arabic name for a pea-flowered tree.

Sophora velutina ssp zimbabweensis is a lovely cascading shrub with silky leaves and racemes of cream flowers in summer. It has been suggested that it might be a descendant of a plant introduced from China centuries ago through trading contacts during the peak of the Zimbabwe culture. Sophora velutina ssp zimbabweensis grows into a small shrub. It has slightly hairy compound leaves. It bears lovely cream to yellow pea-like flowers in trusses.