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You are bidding on 20 GOLDEN CHAIN TREE SEEDS - Laburnum anagyroides    .  

Spectacular color from long, drooping clusters of fragrant bright yellow flowers!

Goldenchain tree is a low growing deciduous tree or shrub with unusual decorative green bark. .  Leaves are bright green and are divided into three leaflets.   In May its long cluster of pure golden yellow flowers often reach 18" in length with as many as 8 clusters on a twig.

Does well in either partial shade or full sun, reaching 10-20' at maturity. 4-5' trees sent. Fragrant and deer resistant.

Medicinal use  : The seed contains the poisonous alkaloid "cystisine". This has been used in the treatment of whooping cough and asthma.

Other uses : 

This plant is often used as a root stock for other members of the pea and bean family. The seeds contain the poisonous alkaloid "cytisine". This has insecticidal properties similar to nicotine (Nicotiana spp.) but cannot be recommended for used since it needs to be used in such a concentration that it can then be absorbed over a wide area of the body with possibly fatal results.

Wood - coarse grained, durable, dark colored and very hard, it can be used as an ebony substitute. It is much in demand among turners, and is used in making instruments and furniture especially where strength and smoothness are important.

 

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