Retama dasycarpa
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| Retama dasycarpa | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Retama |
| Species: | R. dasycarpa |
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| Retama dasycarpa | |
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Retama dasycarpa is a flowering bush species in the genus Retama, endemic to Morocco.[1][2] It is locally known as "R'tem" or "Algu".[3]
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This species was first described in 1878 by John Ball as Genista dasycarpa[4] and was later renamed as Retama dasycarpa in an 1892 publication by Ernest Cosson.[5]
Ethnopharmacology
Seeds of R. dasycarpa are traditionally used against urological and nephrological diseases (via oral ingestion) by Tashelhit speaking communities in the High Atlas.[6]
