Broom was Re: [Sca-cooks] OOP: Praline recipes from La Varenne, p art 2

[Decker, Terry D.]

Can you provide me the genus and species of "American Broom?"  To my
knowledge all of the "brooms" in the U.S. are European imports and most, if
not all, produce cytisine or ulexine which acts as a diuretic and in
quantity affects the heart in a manner similar to digitalis.

Bear

> Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:
>
> > "Broom" is a yellow-flowered shrub, the "planta genista" of the
> > Plantagenets.
>
> Do we need to remind everyone that American Broom is =not=
> the same plant
> and will make you very sick indeed?
>
> Selene Colfox