Officinal Galéga


The officinal galéga is a long-lived Plante herbaceous of the family of the Fabacée S and kind Galéga, cultivated at various ends, decorative or medicinal.

Scientific name: Galega officinalis L., family of the Fabacée S, subfamily: Faboideae , tribe of the Galegeae , subgroup of the Galeginae .

Vernacular names: galéga officinal, street-of-goat, Sulla, false-indigo.

Description

Herbaceous, long-lived plant by its buds occurring on underground stems, whose drawn up and very ramified stems can reach 1,2 m in height. The alternate sheets, made up imparipennées, include/understand 11 to 15 leaflets lengthened and acute at the top. The flowers, grouped in lengthened bunches, are of bluish color to purple or white. Flowering is estival (June at September in the northern hemisphere).

Distribution

It is a species of the moderate and hot countries of the old world, especially around the the Mediterranean: Western and central Europe, North Africa, Occidental Asia (Turkey). One finds it naturalized and subspontanée in the other continents. Regarded as invading Plant with the the United States.

Uses

  • decorative Plante, whose several varieties are cultivated:

    • “Bicolor”, with blue and white flowers
    • “Carnea”, with pink flowers
    • “Wilson Lady”, with mauve flowers
  • medicinal Plant, with diuretic properties, hypoglycémiantes and galactogogs
  • Fodder plant (air parts except period of flowering and fructification) in the areas has poor ground

Toxicity

The air parts of the plant are toxic in period of flowering and fructification. Planted the " séchée" is most dangerous. Its presence in flowers or with the pods in the hay is to be proscribed. A fodder with 10% of Galega is very dangerous. The toxic amount is of
  • 4 kg of fresh plant for a cow.
  • 400 gr. of fresh plant or 100 grams of dried plant is enough to start the symptoms and to result in death in the ewes.
  • of the cases of intoxication was brought back starting from 40 grams of dry plant introduced in the horses.

External bond

  • Vegetox (National school Veterinary of Toulouse)

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