Synonym: Psoralea glandulosum.
Name: Culén.
Region: South America, Peru, Chile.
Habitat: river banks, humid areas; subtropics, tropics; tolerate of short frosts; prefers well-drained soil, sunny position, some shade; succeeds in ordinary garden soil.
Content: furanocoumarins, psoralen, angelicin; bakuchiol.
Ecology: symbiotic with soil bacteria, fixing atmospheric nitrogen.
Use: medicinal; young shoots for drinks, delicious carbonated, tea substitute.
BotanyType: shrub; deciduous; ± 4 meters tall.
Leaves: aromatic.
Flowers: on branches of the previous seasons.
Pollination: by insects.