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Internal ID UUID643fde9f42f2a678496341
Scientific name Anagyris foetida
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 374 (1753)

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
The plant yields bast fiber suitable for light cordage and twine; its tough young stems have been used for binding and weaving simple baskets. Its fine, strong wood is suitable for small turned items and craftwork.

Industrial and craft applications:
Aerial parts yield minor amounts of alkaloids used in research studies. The stems and bast fibers are processed by simple retting and hand-twisting into rope and small cordage; pieces of seasoned wood are used for walking sticks and simple turned implements.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No non-medicinal food or beverage uses are documented.

Colorants and tanning:
Tannins present in bark and wood may be suitable for vegetable tanning; however, documented commercial or craft dyeing or tanning applications specific to this taxon are not reported.

Wood and fiber:
Heartwood and sapwood are hard and dense (air-dry density typically in the low end of the moderate range for leguminous shrubs). The wood is easy to turn and finishes well, making it suitable for small craft objects and tool handles. Bast fibers from stems show high cellulose and moderate lignin content with adequate tensile strength for coarse cordage.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No perfume, cosmetic, or flavor uses are documented.

Properties relevant to use:
Hard, durable wood suitable for small craft applications; bast fibers with good tensile strength and manageable length for hand-twisted cordage; presence of quinolizidine alkaloids in aerial parts that can be extracted for laboratory research.

Standards and regulation:
No specific timber, fiber, or chemical standards have been published for this species.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Anagyris foetida is locally harvested from wild Mediterranean stands. While it is not considered threatened, overharvest of stems for cordage or wood should be managed to avoid depletion of local populations.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Anagyris cretica Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 3 (1768)
Anagyris glauca hort. ex Loudon J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 162 (1830)
Anagyris neapolitana Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano)1830: 12 (1830)
Anagyris foetida subsp. neapolitana (Ten.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 147 (1882)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English stinking wood
English mediterranean tree mallow
English mediterranean stinkbush
English bean trefoil
English bean clover
Spanish anagyris foetida subsp. neapolitana
Spanish anagyris neapolitana
Spanish collar de pastores
Spanish altramuz fetido
Spanish altramuz fétido
Spanish anagiride
Spanish anagíride
Spanish anagiris
Spanish arbol hediondo
Spanish cocho del diablo
Spanish collar de bruja
Spanish jeyondero
Spanish collar dorado
Spanish contera
Spanish hediondo del diablo
Arabic خروب الخنزير
Arabic جرود
Arabic أم كلب
Arabic أناغورس
Arabic ام كلب
Arabic اناغورس
Arabic خروب المعيز
Arabic عود المقلة
Catalan bajoquera de moro
Catalan bajoca de moro
Catalan garrofer del diable
Catalan mongetera d'arbre
Catalan garrofer pudent
German stinkstrauch
Persian قرهتاج
French anagyre fétide
French anagyre fetide
Hebrew צחנן מבאיש
Kabyle ufni
Chinese 臭豆

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000211883
Tropicos 13046663
INPN 82350
Flora of Italy 2252
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473968-1
The Plant List ild-6969
Open Tree Of Life 259869
Observations.org 125536
NCBI Taxonomy 49793
IUCN Red List 19375604
IPNI 473968-1
iNaturalist 183315
GBIF 2946427
EPPO ANIFO
EOL 702771
USDA GRIN 3068
Wikipedia Anagyris_foetida

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Vertebrate Pollination of Angiosperms in the Mediterranean Area: A Review Valdés B Plants (Basel) 20-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10976121
doi:10.3390/plants13060895
PMID:38592907
Teodorico Borgognoni’s Formulary for Thirteenth Century Anesthetic Preparations Cavalloro V, Soddu F, Baroni S, Robustelli della Cuna FS, Tavazzi E, Martino E, Collina S Life (Basel) 14-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10532452
doi:10.3390/life13091913
PMID:37763316
Montjuïc Hill (Barcelona): A Hotspot for Plant Invasions in a Mediterranean City Ibáñez N, Gómez-Bellver C, Farelo P, Montserrat JM, Pyke S, Nualart N, López-Pujol J Plants (Basel) 21-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10384852
doi:10.3390/plants12142713
PMID:37514329
Annual changes in biomass amount and feeding potential of shrubby rangelands in maquis formation Alatürk F, Hanoğlu Oral H, Gökkuş A, Ali B PeerJ 25-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10143608
doi:10.7717/peerj.15204
PMID:37123014
Edible Flowers Used in Some Countries of the Mediterranean Basin: An Ethnobotanical Overview Motti R, Paura B, Cozzolino A, de Falco B Plants (Basel) 28-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9736219
doi:10.3390/plants11233272
PMID:36501312
Ethnopharmacobotany and Diversity of Mediterranean Endemic Plants in Marmilla Subregion, Sardinia, Italy Cocco E, Maccioni D, Sanjust E, Falconieri D, Farris E, Maxia A Plants (Basel) 18-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9695302
doi:10.3390/plants11223165
PMID:36432894
A Global Overview of Diversity and Phylogeny of the Rust Genus Uromyces Gautam AK, Avasthi S, Verma RK, Sushma, Niranjan M, Devadatha B, Jayawardena RS, Suwannarach N, Karunarathna SC J Fungi (Basel) 14-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9224716
doi:10.3390/jof8060633
PMID:35736116
Legumes of the Sardinia Island: Knowledge on Symbiotic and Endophytic Bacteria and Interactive Software Tool for Plant Species Determination Muresu R, Porceddu A, Concheri G, Stevanato P, Squartini A Plants (Basel) 06-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9183093
doi:10.3390/plants11111521
PMID:35684293
Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants traditionally used by Messiwa people, Morocco Ghanimi R, Ouhammou A, Ahouach A, Cherkaoui M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8922891
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00500-4
PMID:35292058
Pest categorisation of Plicosepalus acaciae Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Fejer Justesen A, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Dehnen‐Schmutz K, Migheli Q, Vloutoglou I, Maiorano A, Streissl F, Reignault PL EFSA J 10-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8913038
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7142
PMID:35311013
Abortion occurs during double fertilization and ovule development in Paeonia ludlowii Chen T, Xie M, Jiang Y, Yuan T J Plant Res 20-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8894304
doi:10.1007/s10265-021-01366-5
PMID:35059894
Inventory of Medicinal Plants Used Traditionally to Manage Kidney Diseases in North-Eastern Morocco: Ethnobotanical Fieldwork and Pharmacological Evidence Bencheikh N, Elbouzidi A, Kharchoufa L, Ouassou H, Alami Merrouni I, Mechchate H, Es-safi I, Hano C, Addi M, Bouhrim M, Eto B, Elachouri M Plants (Basel) 20-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8468912
doi:10.3390/plants10091966
PMID:34579498
On the Efficacy of Handcrafted and Deep Features for Seed Image Classification Loddo A, Di Ruberto C J Imaging 31-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8468252
doi:10.3390/jimaging7090171
PMID:34564097
Ethnobotany of the Aegadian Islands: safeguarding biocultural refugia in the Mediterranean La Rosa A, Cornara L, Saitta A, Salam AM, Grammatico S, Caputo M, La Mantia T, Quave CL J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 28-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8320050
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00470-z
PMID:34321030
The genomes of ancient date palms germinated from 2,000 y old seeds Gros-Balthazard M, Flowers JM, Hazzouri KM, Ferrand S, Aberlenc F, Sallon S, Purugganan MD Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 03-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8126781
doi:10.1073/pnas.2025337118
PMID:33941705

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Lupin alkaloids / Anagyrine-type alkaloids
(+)-Thermopsine 682648 Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3=CC=CC4=O 244.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2006.06.012
(10R)-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadeca-2,4-dien-6-one 10246 Click to see 244.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/P19910002353
(1S,9S,10R,12R)-12-hydroxy-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadeca-2,4-dien-6-one 12299977 Click to see 260.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2006.06.012
12-Hydroxy-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadeca-2,4-dien-6-one 621307 Click to see C1CN2CC3CC(C2CC1O)CN4C3=CC=CC4=O 260.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2006.06.012
Anagyrine 5351589 Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3=CC=CC4=O 244.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/P19910002353
Monolupin 71056954 Click to see 244.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979113
Thermopsine 92768 Click to see 244.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2006.06.012
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Lupin alkaloids / Cytisine and derivatives
(1R,9R)-11-methyl-7,11-diazatricyclo[7.3.1.02,7]trideca-2,4-dien-6-one 1747617 Click to see CN1CC2CC(C1)C3=CC=CC(=O)N3C2 204.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979113
1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-1,5-methano-8H-pyrido(1,2-a)(1,5)diazocin-8-one 22407 Click to see 190.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/ARDP.19062440105
1,5-Methano-8H-pyrido[1,2-a][1,5]diazocin-8-one, 3-(3-butenyl)-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-, (1R)- 547355 Click to see 244.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979113
Cytisine 10235 Click to see 190.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/ARDP.19062440105
Pharmakon1600-01504027 6708720 Click to see 190.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979113
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Lupin alkaloids / Sparteine, lupanine, and related alkaloids
(1R,2R,9S,10R)-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadecan-6-one 92143189 Click to see 248.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979113
alpha-Isolupanine 119201 Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCCC4=O 248.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979113
D-Gluconate 6-phosphate tris(cyclohexylamine) salt 16212687 Click to see 234.38 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979113
Sparteine 644020 Click to see 234.38 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979113
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
2-(Hydroxymethyl)-6-[4-(3-hydroxyprop-1-enyl)-2,6-dimethoxyphenoxy]oxane-3,4,5-triol 323959 Click to see 372.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2006.06.012
Syringin 5316860 Click to see 372.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2006.06.012
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 4-O-methylated flavonoids
Diosmetin 5281612 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O 300.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2006.06.012

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