Taxon: Cullen corylifolium (L.) Medik.

Genus:

Cullen

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Psoraleeae

Nomen number:

312050

Place of publication:

Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-öcon. Ges. 2:380. 1787

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

16-Jan-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-Mar-2017

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Basionym: Psoralea corylifolia L.

Common names:

blackdot (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2) - English
scurfy-pea (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2) - English
skorvärt (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
bu gu zhi (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
Weed: (fide Aust Syst Bot 10:638. 1997)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Somalia

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman
CHINA: China [Sichuan, Yunnan]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
INDO-CHINA: Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam

Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Korea

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal
INDO-CHINA: Vietnam

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
Grimes, J. W. 1997. A revision of Cullen (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) Austral. Syst. Bot. 10:637.
Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984 (L Edible Pl)
Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991 (Leg WAsia)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Personal Care Products Council International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient (INCI)
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)
Stirton, C. H. 1981. Studies in the Leguminosae-Papilionoideae of southern Africa (Bothalia) 13:317.

Check other web resources for Cullen corylifolium (L.) Medik. :

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

Disseminule drawings\; A: Fruit; B: embryo in situ within fruit; C: transection of fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=312050. Accessed 22 April 2018.