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SPANISH BROOM

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 598 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SOU-STE
SPANISH BROOM , a handsome shrub with
long
  switch-like green few-leaved or leafless branches and large yellow sweet-scented 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 (herby et semen genistae his panicae 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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