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Chamaecrista fasciculata, the partridge pea, is a species of legume native to most of the eastern United States. [2] It is an annual which grows to approximately 0.5 meters (1 ft 8 in) tall. [ 2 ] It has bright yellow flowers from early summer until first frost, [ 3 ] with flowers through the entire flowering season if rainfall is sufficient.
Chamaecrista nictitans, the sensitive cassia, [2] sensitive partridge pea, [3] small partridge pea [4] or wild sensitive plant, [4] is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas. [5] It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched. [6]
Chamaecrista is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. [3] Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera Cassia and Senna, members of Chamaecrista form root nodules.
medicinal use is heavily disputed: Kokam: Garcinia indica: Clusiaceae: tree culinary fruit peel also used to make beverages, and as an oilseed: Wood avens: Geum urbanum: Rosaceae: perennial herb culinary, medicinal root Ginkgo: Ginkgo biloba: Ginkgoaceae: tree medicinal leaves seeds also eaten: Ground-ivy: Glechoma hederacea: Lamiaceae ...
The plant has been used for centuries in the South Pacific to make a ceremonial drink with sedative and anesthetic properties, with potential for causing liver injury. [117] Piscidia erythrina / Piscidia piscipula: Jamaica dogwood: The plant is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of insomnia and anxiety, despite serious safety ...
The Fabaceae (/ f ə ˈ b eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) or Leguminosae, [6] commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are a large and agriculturally important family of flowering plants. It includes trees , shrubs , and perennial or annual herbaceous plants , which are easily recognized by their fruit ( legume ) and their compound, stipulate ...
A traditional approach to supporting climbing peas is to thrust branches pruned from trees or other woody plants upright into the soil, providing a lattice for the peas to climb. Branches used in this fashion are called pea sticks [9] or sometimes pea brush. Metal fences, twine, or netting supported by a frame are used for the same purpose. In ...
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew more conservatively estimated in 2016 that 17,810 plant species have a medicinal use, out of some 30,000 plants for which a use of any kind is documented. [50] In modern medicine, around a quarter [a] of the drugs prescribed to patients are derived from medicinal plants, and they are rigorously tested.