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See also: shrub with long switch-like See also: green few-leaved or leafless branches and large yellow sweet-scented papilionaceous See also: flowers
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It is a member of the See also: Pea See also: family (See also: Leguminosae), and known botanically as Spartium junceum
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It is a native of the Mediterranean region and the See also: Canary Islands, and is often cultivated
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The whole plant, but especially the flower shoots and seeds (herby et semen genistae his panicae vel junceae), have a bitter taste and tonic and diuretic properties, and were formerly used medicinally
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The See also: fibres of the See also: young stems were used in making nets, carpets, mats, baskets, &c
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