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Argyrocytisus battandieri, the pineapple broom [2] or Moroccan broom [3] is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is the only member of the genus Argyrocytisus (formerly Cytisus battandieri). [4] [5] [6] It is native to the Rif and Middle Atlas mountains of Morocco. [1]
Charles V and his son Charles VI of France used the pod of the broom plant (broom-cod, or cosse de geneste) as an emblem for livery collars and badges. [ 15 ] Genista tinctoria ( dyer's broom , also known as dyer's greenweed or dyer's greenwood ), provides a useful yellow dye and was grown commercially for this purpose in parts of Britain into ...
Genista / dʒ ɛ ˈ n ɪ s t ə / [2] is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, native to open habitats such as moorland and pasture in Europe and western Asia. They include species commonly called broom, though the term may also refer to other genera, including Cytisus and Chamaecytisus.
Cytisus × praecox, the Warminster broom, is an artificial hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [2] Its parents are Cytisus multiflorus (the white Spanish broom) and Cytisus oromediterraneus (the Pyrenean broom). [1] A deciduous shrub, it is available from commercial suppliers. [2]
Cytisus scoparius (syn. Sarothamnus scoparius), the common broom or Scotch broom, is a deciduous leguminous shrub native to western and central Europe. [2] In Great Britain and Ireland, the standard name is broom; [3] [4] [5] this name is also used for other members of the Genisteae tribe, such as French broom or Spanish broom; and the term common broom is sometimes used for clarification.
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Pliny the Elder in his Natural History pointed out the use of these plants in treating varicose veins. [7] In the Herbal of Simon Syreński, first published in 1613, the butcher's broom is described as a plant with healing power, for use in urinary retention, kidney stones, and accelerating menstruation, mainly in the form of a wine tincture. [8]