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Cytisopsis
Sign in to saveCytisopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It contains two species, native to Morocco and the eastern Mediterranean. Cytisopsis ahmedii – a shrub endemic to Morocco Cytisopsis pseudocytisus – a subshrub native to the eastern Mediterranean, from southern and southeastern Turkey to Israel. It is an ingredient in the herbal tea, zahraa, in the Unani medicine tradition of Syria.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- RSA, B
- Recorded in
- Lebanon
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Cytisopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It contains two species, native to Morocco and the eastern Mediterranean. Cytisopsis ahmedii – a shrub endemic to Morocco Cytisopsis pseudocytisus – a subshrub native to the eastern Mediterranean, from southern and southeastern Turkey to Israel. It is an ingredient in the herbal tea, zahraa, in the Unani medicine tradition of Syria.
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