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Psoralea corylifolia

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Name

Identification
Trifolium unifolium Forssk. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Psoralea corylifolia L. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Cullen corylifolium
  • Psoralea corylifolia
  • Trifolium unifolium
  • Cullen corylifolia

Flora

Entry for CULLEN corylifolia (L.) Medik. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CULLEN corylifolia (L.) Medik. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1787);
Psoralea corylifolia L. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1753). [type as above]
Information
Bushy annual up to c. 1 m high, young parts ± densely appressed pubescent. Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet ovate to subcircular, up to 90 x 75 mm, coarsely dentate. Racemes axillary, dense, up to c. 2 cm long and c. 20-flowered, long-pedunculate. Corolla c. 5 mm long, yellowish or purplish. Pod about as long as the calyx, glabrous.
Range
S2 Djibouti, Socotra, S Arabia and eastwards to China.
Altitude range
up to c. 150 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA SMP 25; Hemming SRS 286/1; Bally 9524.
Notes
Geed biyood, hagan, sisimo (Som.). The plant is much used in the traditional medicine.

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