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Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers
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psoralea
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Psoralea is a genus in the legume family ( Fabaceae ). Although most species are poisonous , the starchy roots of P. esculenta (breadroot, tipsin, or prairie turnip) and P. hypogaea are edible. A few species form tumbleweeds . Common names include tumble-weed ...
Usage examples of psoralea.
He arrived at the Fort in seven days, having subsisted upon a root much esteemed by the Indians, now known by naturalists as the Psoralea esculenta.
Porlieria hygrometrica, circumnutation and nyctitropic movements of petiole of leaf, 335, 336 --, effect of watering, 336338 --, leaflets closed during the day, 413 Portulaca oleracea, effect of Aecidium on, 189 Primula Sinensis, conjoint circumnutation of hypocotyl and cotyledon, 45, 46 Pringsheim on the injury to chlorophyll, 446 Prosopis, nyctitropic movements of leaflets, 374 Psoralea acaulis, nocturnal movements of leaflets, 354 Pteris aquilina, rachis of, 86 Pulvini, or joints.