Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.54.14
Cytisus scoparius
Names: Sarothamnus scoparius; Spartium scoparius, Spartium scoparium, Spartium glabrum, Spartium angulosum, Sarothamnus vulgaris, Sarothamnus obtusatus, Cystisus scoparius, Genista scoparia, Genista glabra, Genista hirsuta, Genista angulata, Genista vulgaris.
English: Broom; Green broom; Scotch broom; Irish broom.
Dutch: brem.
Botany: stem angular, five-sided, slightly winged, dark green, branching at an acute angle; pods flat, blackish; flowers yellow, brown when dry, papilionaceous; taste, bitterish, unpleasant; odour, none.
Content: spartein, scoparoside, tyramine, flavonoids; sulphur; calcium; manganese.
Source: Hinsdale, Schier, Mezger, Boericke, Julian.