Astragalus brachycalyx explained

Astragalus brachycalyx, the Persian manna or manna, whose name is derived from the Greek ‘brachy’ meaning short, and ‘calyx’ referring to the sepal of the flower, is a species of legume commonly found on rocky mountain slopes in western Asia, from western Iran and northern Iraq to Turkey, and is commonly used as a source of gum tragacanth.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Astragalus adscendens Persian Manna PFAF Plant Database.
2. Aslanipour . Behnaz . Gülcemal . Derya . Nalbantsoy . Ayşe . Yusufoglu . Hasan . Bedir . Erdal . Cycloartane-type glycosides from Astragalus brachycalyx FISCHER and their effects on cytokine release and hemolysis . Phytochemistry Letters . September 2017 . 21 . 66–73 . 10.1016/j.phytol.2017.05.028 . 11147/6631 . free .