Cytisopsis Explained

Cytisopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.^[1] It contains two species, native to Morocco and the eastern Mediterranean.

• Cytisopsis ahmedii – a shrub endemic to Morocco
• Cytisopsis pseudocytisus – a subshrub native to the eastern Mediterranean, from southern and southeastern Turkey to Israel. It is an ingredient in the herbal tea, zahraa, in the Unani medicine tradition of Syria.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Ceylan . Ramazan . Katanić . Jelena . Zengin . Gokhan . Matić . Sanja . Aktumsek . Abdurrahman . Boroja . Tatjana . Stanić . Snežana . Mihailović . Vladimir . Guler . Gokalp Ozmen . Boga . Mehmet . Yılmaz . Mustafa Abdullah . 2016-06-01 . Chemical and biological fingerprints of two Fabaceae species (Cytisopsis dorycniifolia and Ebenus hirsuta): Are they novel sources of natural agents for pharmaceutical and food formulations? . Industrial Crops and Products . en . 84 . 254–262 . 10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.02.019 . 0926-6690.
2. Carmona . M. D. . Llorach . R. . Obon . C. . Rivera . D. . 2005-12-01 . "Zahraa", a Unani multicomponent herbal tea widely consumed in Syria: Components of drug mixtures and alleged medicinal properties . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . en . 102 . 3 . 344–350 . 10.1016/j.jep.2005.06.030 . 16084679 . 0378-8741.