The pterocarpans bitucarpin A and B can be isolated from the aerial parts of B. bituminosa.[2]
It has several potential uses: (i) forage crop, (ii) Phytostabilization of heavy metal contaminated or degraded soils, (iii) Synthesis of furanocoumarins (psoralen, angelicin, xanthotoxin and bergapten), compounds of broad pharmaceutical interest.
It is easily recognizable by the characteristic smell of bitumen from its leaves. This strong tar-like characteristic aroma appears to be the result of a combination of several substances such as phenolics, sulphurated compounds, sesquiterpenes and probably short-chain hydrocarbon. Total polyphenols content was < 2% and the condensed tannins was <0.8% in a dry weight basis.
The Arabian pea was first legitimately described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum, the work which is now internationally accepted as the starting point of modern botanical nomenclature, and he called it Psoralea bituminosa. Philipp Conrad Fabricius described the genus Bituminaria in 1759, that was suggested by Lorenz Heister earlier, but without a proper description. In 1787, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus described a woody form as Asphalthium frutescens and a herbaceous form as Asphalthium herbaceum. Jules Pierre Fourreau considered that Linnaeus was the earliest and he made the new combinationAsphalthium bituminosum in 1868. When Charles Howard Stirton revised some of the Papilionoideae of southern Africa in 1981, he reassigned many species that had been included in Psoralea to several new genera, including the Arabian pea. He considered Asphalthium a later synonym for Bituminaria and therefore created the new combination Bituminaria bituminosa.[3]
^Pterocarpans from Bituminaria morisiana and Bituminaria bituminosa. Dedicated to the memory of Professor Jeffrey B. Harborne. Luisa Pistelli, Cecilia Noccioli, Giovanni Appendino, Federica Bianchi, Olov Sterner and Mauro Ballero, Phytochemistry, Volume 64, Issue 2, September 2003, Pages 595-598, doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00190-0
^Stirton, Charles Howard (1981). "Studies in the Leguminosae— Papilionoideae of southern Africa". Bothalia. 13 (3/4): 317–325.
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bituminaria, bituminosa, arabian, pitch, trefoil, perennial, mediterranean, herb, species, genus, bituminaria, scientific, classification, kingdom, plantae, clade, tracheophytes, clade, angiosperms, clade, eudicots, clade, rosids, order, fabales, family, fabac. Bituminaria bituminosa the Arabian pea or pitch trefoil 1 is a perennial Mediterranean herb species in the genus Bituminaria Bituminaria bituminosa Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Rosids Order Fabales Family Fabaceae Subfamily Faboideae Genus Bituminaria Species B bituminosa Binomial name Bituminaria bituminosa L C H Stirt Subspecies Bituminaria bituminosa var albomarginata Canary Islands Albo Tedera Bituminaria bituminosa var crassiuscula Canary Islands Teide Tedera Bituminaria bituminosa var bituminosa Canary Islands Tedera and Mediterranean basin Arabian pea Pitch trefoil Engraisse mouton Bituminaria bituminosa var hulensis Hula Valley Israel שרעול שעיר Synonyms Psoralea bituminosa L Aspalthium bituminosum L KuntzeBituminaria bituminosa L C H Stirt The pterocarpans bitucarpin A and B can be isolated from the aerial parts of B bituminosa 2 It has several potential uses i forage crop ii Phytostabilization of heavy metal contaminated or degraded soils iii Synthesis of furanocoumarins psoralen angelicin xanthotoxin and bergapten compounds of broad pharmaceutical interest It is easily recognizable by the characteristic smell of bitumen from its leaves This strong tar like characteristic aroma appears to be the result of a combination of several substances such as phenolics sulphurated compounds sesquiterpenes and probably short chain hydrocarbon Total polyphenols content was lt 2 and the condensed tannins was lt 0 8 in a dry weight basis Contents 1 Taxonomy 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksTaxonomy editThe Arabian pea was first legitimately described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum the work which is now internationally accepted as the starting point of modern botanical nomenclature and he called it Psoralea bituminosa Philipp Conrad Fabricius described the genus Bituminaria in 1759 that was suggested by Lorenz Heister earlier but without a proper description In 1787 Friedrich Kasimir Medikus described a woody form as Asphalthium frutescens and a herbaceous form as Asphalthium herbaceum Jules Pierre Fourreau considered that Linnaeus was the earliest and he made the new combination Asphalthium bituminosum in 1868 When Charles Howard Stirton revised some of the Papilionoideae of southern Africa in 1981 he reassigned many species that had been included in Psoralea to several new genera including the Arabian pea He considered Asphalthium a later synonym for Bituminaria and therefore created the new combination Bituminaria bituminosa 3 See also editList of native plants of Palestine A B Orto Botanico di Montemarcello near Ameglia Province of La Spezia Liguria ItalyReferences edit BSBI List 2007 xls Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland Archived from the original xls on 2015 06 26 Retrieved 2014 10 17 Pterocarpans from Bituminaria morisiana and Bituminaria bituminosa Dedicated to the memory of Professor Jeffrey B Harborne Luisa Pistelli Cecilia Noccioli Giovanni Appendino Federica Bianchi Olov Sterner and Mauro Ballero Phytochemistry Volume 64 Issue 2 September 2003 Pages 595 598 doi 10 1016 S0031 9422 03 00190 0 Stirton Charles Howard 1981 Studies in the Leguminosae Papilionoideae of southern Africa Bothalia 13 3 4 317 325 External links edit nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Bituminaria bituminosa nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bituminaria bituminosa Bituminaria bituminosa on www fao org Archived 2015 01 06 at the Wayback Machine nbsp This Faboideae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bituminaria bituminosa amp oldid 1214270478, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
