Steinmetz:Genista
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Genista tinctoria
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Leguminosae
- English Names
- Dyer's Broom
- Dyer's Greenweed
- Wood-Waxen
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Genistae tinctoriae
- Flores Genistae tinctoriae
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- Constituent(s)
- essential oil
- wax
- tannin
- sugar
- mucilage
- genistein
- (colouring matter)
- bitter principle
- luteolin (colouring matter); seed: cytisine (very toxic)
- Action
- herb: diuretic
- laxative
- emetic
- sudorific; flower: dyeing material
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