''Bituminaria'' is small genus of perennial
herb
In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...
s in the
bean family.
;Species
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Bituminaria acaulis''
(Hoffm.) C.H. Stirt.
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Bituminaria bituminosa
''Bituminaria bituminosa'', the Arabian pea or pitch trefoil, is a perennial Mediterranean herb species in the genus '' Bituminaria''.
The pterocarpans bitucarpin A and B can be isolated from the aerial parts of ''B. bituminosa''.
It has sev ...
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(L.) C.H. Stirt.
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Bituminaria flaccida''
(Nábělek) Greuter
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Bituminaria morisiana
''Bituminaria morisiana'' is a perennial Mediterranean herb species in the genus ''Bituminaria''. Leaf, trifoliate with 3 linear, lanceolate, tomentose leaflets. White flowers in globose flowerheads. Fruit a tomentose legume. Flowers May–July. ...
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(Pignatti & Metlesics) Greuter[A pterocarpan from the seeds of ''Bituminaria morisiana''. Marco Leonti, Laura Casu, Jurg Gertsch, Leonardo Bonsignore, Costantino Floris, Mariano Casu and Filippo Cottiglia, J Nat Med (2010) 64:354–357, ]
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Psoraleeae
Fabaceae genera
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