Steinmetz:Laburnum
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Laburnum vulgare (and other species)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Leguminosae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Central- and Southern Europe and cultivated almost everywhere in the world
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- Constituent(s)
- cytisine
- laburnine (highly poisonous alkaloids)
- Action
- emetic
- purgative
- cholagogue
- All parts of the tree
- particularly the seeds
- are toxic
- The seeds have been found useful in whooping cough and asthma
- but must be used with care
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