Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Pagoda Tree or Chinese Scholar Tree ( Styphnolobium ) is a genus of flowering plants in the Fabaceae family .
Simplified: Styphnolobium japonicum ( L. ) Schott , the Pagoda Tree ( Chinese Scholar , Japanese pagodatree ; syn . Sophora japonica ) is a species of small tree or shrub in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae .