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Spanish Broom

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A handsome shrub with long switch-like green few-leaved or leafless branches and large yellow sweetscented papilionaceous flowers. It is a member of the Pea family (Leguminosae), and known botanically as Spartium junceum. It is a native of the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands, and is often cultivated. The whole plant, but especially the flower shoots and seeds ( herba et semen genistae hispanicae vel junceae ), have a bitter taste and tonic and diuretic properties, and were formerly used medicinally. The fibres of the young stems were used in making nets, carpets, mats, baskets, &c.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Spanish Broom'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/spanish-broom.html. 1910.
 
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