Astragalus sinicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:
A. sinicus
Binomial name
Astragalus sinicus
Synonyms[2]
  • Astragalus lotoides Lam.
  • Astragalus sinicus Thunb.
  • Tragacantha sinica (L.) Kuntze

Astragalus sinicus is a species of milkvetch in the family Fabaceae. It is known under such common names as Chinese milkvetch (or milk-vetch), renge or genge[3] and is in common use in farming as a green manure.[4][5] It is not to be confused with Astragalus mongholicus, the plant yielding Radix Astragali for Chinese medicine.

References

  1. "Astragalus sinicus". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. "Astragalus sinicus L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  3. "Symbols of Gifu Prefecture - Flower: The Chinese Milk Vetch (Renge or Genge)". Gifu. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023. ...by the public in March 1954.
  4. King, Franklin Hiram (1911). Farmers of Forty Centuries, or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan. Madison, Wisconsin: Mrs. F. H. King. Text is available through Project Gutenberg
  5. Kim, Min Keun; Lee, Young Han; Kang, Tae Ho; Yun, Han Dae (2011). "Influence of Chinese Milkvetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) with no-tillage on soil biotic factors and rice yield". J Korean Soc Appl Biol Chem. Springer-Verlag. 54 (6): 899. doi:10.1007/BF03253178. ISSN 1738-2203. S2CID 87536073.
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