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.

Astragalus sinicus
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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

References

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  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. 54 (6). Springer-Verlag: 899. doi:10.1007/BF03253178. ISSN 1738-2203. S2CID 87536073.
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