Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 4

Cytisus scoparius subsp. insularis (S.Ortiz & Pulgar) Auvray

Cytisus scoparius subsp. maritimus (Rouy) Heywood

Cytisus scoparius subsp. reverchonii (Degen & Hervier) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.

Cytisus scoparius subsp. scoparius

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amaracciole	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
besenginster	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
besenginsterblüten	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
besenginsterkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
besom	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
broom	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
broom flowers	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
broom tops	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
broome	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
broomtops	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chin ch'iao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
common broom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cytisi scoparii flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
cytisi scoparii herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cytisus scoparius	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
emero scornabecco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
english broom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
enisida	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
european broom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
genista	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
genêt à balai	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
genêt à balais	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
giesta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ginestra dei carbonai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ginestra scopareccia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ginst	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
har-ris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hogweed	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
irish broom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jin que hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ratam	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
retama negra	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
scoparii herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
scoparium	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
scotch broom	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scots broom	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scottish broom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
she broom	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
skotse brem	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
supurge kecitirfili	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yellow broom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
رتم	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
金雀儿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Flowerhead		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Fruit		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
flowering top, seed		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sarothamnus scoparius (L.) Wimm. ex W.D.J.Koch Fl. Schles.: 278 (1832).
Corema scoparium (L.) Bercht. & J.Presl Přir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 3: 9 (1830).
Cytisogenista scoparia (L.) Rothm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 55 (1940).
Genista scoparia (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 619 (1779).
Genista scoparia var. vulgaris Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 4: 204 (1897), not validly publ.
Genista vulgaris Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 595 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Sarothamnus vulgaris Wimm. Fl. Schles.: 278 (1832), nom. superfl.
Sarothamnus vulgaris var. scoparius (L.) Timb.-Lagr. Bull. Soc. Sci. Phys. Nat. Toulouse 2: 485 (1874), not validly publ.
Spartium scoparium L. Sp. Pl.: 709 (1753).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cytisus scoparius	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cytisus scoparius (Linné) Link	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Cytisus scoparius L.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Cytisus scoparius Link.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Sarothamnus scoparius	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sarothamnus scoparius (L.)W.D.J.Koch	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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