Steinmetz:Laburnum

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Laburnum vulgare (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Leguminosae
English Names
  • Golden Chain
  • French Ash
Natural Habitat
  • Central- and Southern Europe and cultivated almost everywhere in the world
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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