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Fountainbushes and Dotty Peas
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Fountainbushes and Dotty Peas

Psoralea

Psoralea is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae) with over 60 closely related species native to southern Africa. In South Africa they are commonly referred to as fountainbush (English); fonteinbos, bloukeur, or penwortel (Afrikaans); and umHlonishwa (Zulu).

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

True Fountainbushes

subgenusPsoralea

Cape Dotty Peas

subgenusOtholobium

Hallia

subgenusHallia

Psoralea lancifolia

speciesPsoralea lancifolia

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Fountainbushes and Dotty Peas in Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

李時珍 · 1596 · p.97

Fountainbushes and Dotty Peas in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 24)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 24)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.121

Fountainbushes and Dotty Peas in Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 97)

Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 97)

王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.60

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60561.