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Psoralea fruit

<p ><i><b>Psoralea</b></i>&nbsp;is a genus in the legume family (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae" title="Fabaceae" >Fabaceae</a>). Although most species are&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison" title="Poison" >poisonous</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch" title="Starch" >starchy</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root" title="Root" >roots</a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoralea_esculenta" title="Psoralea esculenta" >P. esculenta</a></i>&nbsp;(breadroot, tipsin, or prairie turnip) and&nbsp;<i>P. hypogaea</i>&nbsp;are edible. A few species form<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbleweed" title="Tumbleweed" >tumbleweeds</a>.

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_name" title="Common name" >Common names</a>&nbsp;include&nbsp;<b>tumble-weed</b>&nbsp;(<i>P lanceolata</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoralea#cite_note-0" >[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<b>white tumbleweed</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoralea#cite_note-1" >[2]</a></sup>

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<h2 >COMMON NAMES</h2>

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<li>Babchi Seeds</li>

<li>Bu Gu Zhi</li>

<li>Psoralea</li>

<li>Psoralea Fruit</li>

<li>Scurfy Pea</li>

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