Astragalus condensatus
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643fdd9c38634457820330 |
| Scientific name | Astragalus condensatus |
| Authority | Ledeb. |
| First published in | Fl. Ross.1: 639 (1843) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
Gum tragacanth (a vegetable gum). The product is supplied as ribbon or powdered forms for food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical applications.
Industrial and craft applications:
Printing inks and thickening/stabilizing agent in lithographic and relief printing pastes; binder and rheology modifier in textile printing and calico printing; sizing/adhesive in paper and bookbinding; binding and glazing in ceramics and modelling clays.
Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
Food additive (E413) used as thickener, stabilizer, and emulsifier in sauces, toppings, salad dressings, frozen desserts, and confectionery; used as a freeze–thaw stabilizer in dairy and frozen products.
Colorants and tanning:
Used as a thickener and binder in natural-dye printing pastes (e.g., madder, indigo) for textile coloration; not a colorant itself.
Wood and fiber:
No documented industrial uses reported.
Fragrance and cosmetics:
Thickener, stabilizer, film-former, and emulsifier in creams, lotions, hair gels, and toothpaste; used in fragrance bases as a fixative and viscosity control agent.
Properties relevant to use:
Neutral to slightly acidic pH; high viscosity at low concentration; forms stable, pourable pastes and elastic films; insoluble in alcohol but soluble in water to yield viscous, clear to slightly opalescent sols; compatible with polysaccharides and glycerol; resistant to thermal cycling (freezing–thaw) in foods.
Standards and regulation:
Identified as E413 in the EU list of food additives; covered by JECFA (FAO/WHO) specifications for food-grade tragacanth gum; national pharmacopeias define purity/microbial limits for pharmaceutical use.
Sustainability and sourcing:
Supplied by collectors in arid habitats (e.g., Turkey, Iran, Iraq) and managed by plant tapping; the trade is limited and operationally localized, with variable supply and quality depending on location and season.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Tragacantha parviceps | (Bunge) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 947 (1891) |
| Tragacantha muradica | (Bunge) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 946 (1891) |
| Tragacantha ptilodes | (Boiss.) Steven | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou4: 269 (1832) |
| Tragacantha porphyracma | (Boiss.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 947 (1891) |
| Tragacantha macroptila | (Boiss. ex Bunge) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 946 (1891) |
| Tragacantha jaubertiana | (Bunge) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 945 (1891) |
| Tragacantha wiedemanniana | (Fisch.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 949 (1891) |
| Tragacantha strictispina | (Boiss.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 948 (1891) |
| Tragacantha runcinata | (Boiss.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 947 (1891) |
| Tragacantha condensata | (Ledeb.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 944 (1891) |
| Tragacantha amphiloga | (Bunge) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 943 (1891) |
| Tragacantha brachyptera | (Fisch.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 943 (1891) |
| Astragalus amphilogus | Bunge | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 11(16): 90 (1868) |
| Astragalus ankarensis | Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 251 (1939) |
| Astragalus aucherianus | Fisch. | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou26(II): 398 (1853) |
| Astragalus brachyphyllus | Fisch. | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou26(II): 394 (1853) |
| Astragalus jaubertianus | Bunge | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 11(16): 90 (1868) |
| Astragalus macroptilus | Boiss. ex Bunge | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 11(16): 90 (1868) |
| Astragalus macroptilus | Boiss. | Fl. Orient.2: 356 (1872) |
| Astragalus muradicus | Bunge | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 11(16): 90 (1868) |
| Astragalus porphyracmus | Boiss. | Fl. Orient.2: 367 (1872) |
| Astragalus runcinatus | Boiss. | Fl. Orient.2: 368 (1872) |
| Astragalus weidmannianus | Fisch. | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou26(II): 395 (1853) |
| Astragalus brachypterus var. parviceps | (Bunge) Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 249 (1939) |
| Astragalus brachypterus | Fisch. | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou26(II): 397 (1853) |
| Astragalus parviceps | Bunge | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 11(16): 91 (1868) |
| Astragalus ptilodes | Boiss. | Diagn. Pl. Orient.9: 81 (1849) |
| Astragalus strictispinus | Boiss. | Fl. Orient.2: 366 (1872) |
| Astragalus wiedemannianus | Fisch. | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou26(II): 395 (1853) |
| Astragalus kristii | Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 252 (1939) |
| Astragalus podperae | Širj. | Priroda (Moscow)31(9): 270 (1938) |
| Astragalus wiedemannianus subsp. brachypterus | (Fisch.) Ponert | Feddes Repert.83: 628 (1972 publ. 1973) |
| Astracantha kristii | (Širj.) Greuter | Willdenowia15: 425 (1986) |
| Astracantha brachyptera | (Fisch.) Podlech | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München19: 7 (1983) |
| Astracantha condensata | (Ledeb.) Podlech | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München19: 8 (1983) |
| Astracantha podperae | (Širj.) Podlech | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München19: 18 (1983) |
| Astracantha ptilodes | (Boiss.) Podlech | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München19: 19 (1983) |
| Astracantha strictispina | (Boiss.) Podlech | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München19: 20 (1983) |
| Astracantha wiedemanniana | (Fisch.) Podlech | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München19: 22 (1983) |
| Astragalus ptilodes var. amphilogus | (Bunge) O.Schwarz | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.36: 95 (1934) |
| Astragalus macroptilus var. brevilaciniatus | Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 248 (1939) |
| Astragalus macroptilus var. longelaciniatus | Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 248 (1939) |
| Astragalus macroptilus var. lycaonicum | Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 248 (1939) |
| Astragalus macroptilus var. pisidicus | Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 248 (1939) |
| Astragalus macroptilus var. quadrijugis | Širj. & Bornm. | Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.52: 11 (1943) |
| Astragalus macroptilus var. viridiuscula | Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 248 (1939) |
| Astragalus muradicus var. egirdirensis | Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 249 (1939) |
| Astragalus podperae var. major | Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 252 (1939) |
| Astragalus yualicus | Boiss. | Fl. Orient.2: 366 (1872) |
| Astragalus yualicus var. pseudoptilodes | Širj. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.47: 249 (1939) |
| Tragacantha fischeriana | Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 945 (1891) |
| Astragalus fischerianus | Bunge | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 , 11(16): 90 (1868) |
| Astragalus lydius | Fisch. | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 26(II): 393 (1853) |
| Astragalus creticus | Pinard ex Bunge | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 , 15(1): 160 (1869) |
Germination/Propagation Top
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No germination or propagation data was added yet.
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Asia-temperate click to expand
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Caucasus
- Transcaucasus
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Western Asia
- East Aegean Islands
- Turkey
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Caucasus
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000207445 |
| Tropicos | 13025657 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:476888-1 |
| IPNI | 476888-1 |
| GBIF | 5352655 |
| CMAUP | NPO5479 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 3929630 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Scientific Literature Top
Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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| Cycloartane Glycosides from Three Species of <i>Astragalus</i> (Fabaceae) | Jens Linnek, Anne‐Claire Mitaine‐Offer, Tomofumi Miyamoto, Chiaki Tanaka, Thomas Paululat, Sibel Avunduk, Özgen Alankuş‐Çalişkan, Marie‐Aleth Lacaille‐Dubois | Wiley | 18-Feb-2011 |
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| Triterpenoid saponins from Astragalus wiedemannianus Fischer. | Polat E, Bedir E, Perrone A, Piacente S, Alankus-Caliskan O | Phytochemistry | 01-Apr-2010 |
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| Cycloartane triterpene glycosides from the roots of Astragalus brachypterus and Astragalus microcephalus. | Bedir E, Calis I, Aquino R, Piacente S, Pizza C | J Nat Prod | 01-Dec-1998 |
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |