''Bituminaria morisiana'' is a perennial Mediterranean herb species in the genus ''
Bituminaria''. Leaf,
trifoliate
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with 3 linear, lanceolate,
tomentose
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leaflets. White flowers in
globose
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flowerheads. Fruit a tomentose legume. Flowers May–July. It is
endemic
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to
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label= Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label= Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, af ...
where it is restricted to high mountain areas, such as
Monte Albo and Monte Corrasi.
The
pterocarpan
Pterocarpans are derivatives of isoflavonoids found in the family Fabaceae. It is a group of compounds which can be described as benzo-pyrano-furano-benzenes (i.e. 6''H''- enzofuro,2-chromene skeleton) which can be formed by coupling of the B rin ...
s
bitucarpin A and
B can be isolated from the aerial parts of ''B. morisiana'',
erybraedin C from the leaves and
morisianine is isolated from the seeds.
[A pterocarpan from the seeds of Bituminaria morisiana. Marco Leonti, Laura Casu, Jurg Gertsch, Leonardo Bonsignore, Costantino Floris, Mariano Casu and Filippo Cottiglia, J Nat Med (2010) 64:354–357, ]
See also
*
Giardino Montano Linasia in San Benedetto, Iglesias, Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
* Fiori spontanei della Sardegna, Renato Brotzu, Quaderni di Natura Il Maestrale-Nuoro, 1998, Italia,
References
External links
''Bituminaria morisiana'' on www.ubio.org
Psoraleeae
Plants described in 1976
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