''Psoralea plicata'' is a herb species in the genus ''

Psoralea ''Psoralea'' is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae) with over 60 closely related species native to southern Africa. In South Africa they are commonly referred to as fountainbush (English); fonteinbos, bloukeur, or penwortel (Afrikaans); and u ...

'' found in Pakistan. ''P. plicata'' contains

plicadin Plicadin is a coumestan Coumestan is a heterocyclic organic compound. Coumestan forms the central core of a variety of natural compounds known collectively as coumestans. Coumestans are oxidation products of pterocarpan that are similar to coum ...

, a coumestan and plicatin A and B, two hydroxycinnamic acids.Plicatin A and B, two phenolic cinnamates from Psoralea plicata. Nazli Rasool, Abdul Qasim Khan and Abdul Malik, Phytochemistry, Volume 29, Issue 12, 1990, Pages 3979-3981,

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''Psoralea plicata'' on www.efloras.org
Psoraleeae Plants described in 1812 {{Faboideae-stub