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Psoralea is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
). Although most species are poison
Poison

In the context of biology, poisons are Chemical substance that can cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism....
ous, the starch
Starch

File:Amylose2.svgFile:Amylopektin Sessel.svgStarch or amylum is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds....
y root
Root

In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant body that typically lies below the surface of the soil. This is not always the case, however, since a root can also be aerial root or aerating ....
s of P. esculenta
Psoralea esculenta

Psoralea esculenta is an herbaceous perennial plant native to prairies and dry woodlands of central North America, which bears a starchy tuberous root edible as a root vegetable....
 (breadroot, tipsin, or prairie turnip) and P. hypogaea are edible. A few species form tumbleweed
Tumbleweed

File:Tumbleweed 038 .jpgA tumbleweed is the above-ground part of a plant that, once mature and dry, separates from the root and rotation in living systems away in the wind....
s.

Common name
Common name

A common name is a name in general use within a community . A common name is not necessarily a commonly used name.Many of the conventions and traditions described in this article are based on the English language, and thus may not apply to common names in other languages....
s include tumble-weed (P lanceolata), and white tumbleweed.

Psoralea corylifolia is an important plant in the Indian
Culture of India

File:Kathakali of kerala.jpgFile:Cultural regional areas of India.pngThe culture of India has been shaped by the long history of India, its unique Geography of India and the absorption of customs, traditions and ideas from some of its neighbors as well as by preserving its ancient heritages, which were formed during the Indus Valley Civili...
 Ayurveda
Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine native to India, and practiced in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, the word Ayurveda comprises the words , meaning 'life' and , meaning 'science'....
 system of medicine
History of medicine

All human societies have medicine beliefs that provide explanations for childbirth, death, and disease. Throughout history, illness has been attributed to witchcraft, demons, adverse astrology, or the will of the deity....
, and also Chinese medicine.






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Psoralea is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
). Although most species are poison
Poison

In the context of biology, poisons are Chemical substance that can cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism....
ous, the starch
Starch

File:Amylose2.svgFile:Amylopektin Sessel.svgStarch or amylum is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds....
y root
Root

In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant body that typically lies below the surface of the soil. This is not always the case, however, since a root can also be aerial root or aerating ....
s of P. esculenta
Psoralea esculenta

Psoralea esculenta is an herbaceous perennial plant native to prairies and dry woodlands of central North America, which bears a starchy tuberous root edible as a root vegetable....
 (breadroot, tipsin, or prairie turnip) and P. hypogaea are edible. A few species form tumbleweed
Tumbleweed

File:Tumbleweed 038 .jpgA tumbleweed is the above-ground part of a plant that, once mature and dry, separates from the root and rotation in living systems away in the wind....
s.

Common name
Common name

A common name is a name in general use within a community . A common name is not necessarily a commonly used name.Many of the conventions and traditions described in this article are based on the English language, and thus may not apply to common names in other languages....
s include tumble-weed (P lanceolata), and white tumbleweed.

Psoralea corylifolia is an important plant in the Indian
Culture of India

File:Kathakali of kerala.jpgFile:Cultural regional areas of India.pngThe culture of India has been shaped by the long history of India, its unique Geography of India and the absorption of customs, traditions and ideas from some of its neighbors as well as by preserving its ancient heritages, which were formed during the Indus Valley Civili...
 Ayurveda
Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine native to India, and practiced in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, the word Ayurveda comprises the words , meaning 'life' and , meaning 'science'....
 system of medicine
History of medicine

All human societies have medicine beliefs that provide explanations for childbirth, death, and disease. Throughout history, illness has been attributed to witchcraft, demons, adverse astrology, or the will of the deity....
, and also Chinese medicine. The seeds of this plant contain a variety of coumarin
Coumarin

Coumarin is a chemical compound ; a toxin found in many plants, notably in high concentration in the tonka bean, vanilla grass, woodruff, mullein, and bison grass....
s including psoralen
Psoralen

Psoralen is the parent compound in a family of natural products known as furocoumarins. It is structurally related to coumarin by the addition of a fused furan ring, and may be considered as a derivative of umbelliferone....
. The seeds have a variety of medicinal uses, but the specific role (if any) of psoralen in these uses is unknown. Psoralen itself has a number of commercial uses.