Latin name:
Astragalus
English name:
Astragalus
Own language name:
Geven
Description:
Astragalus is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae.
Distrubition:
Turkey, Anatolian (Hakkari)
Habitat:
1200 m. altitude
Report about the reasons of the risk:
IUCN category:
Possible Solutions:
protection and preservation of the habitat.
Culinary, medicinal and/or medicinal proporties:
Astragalus propinquus has a history of use as an herbal medicine, and the biotechnology firms Geron Corporation and TA Therapeutics of Hong Kong have been working on deriving a telomerase activator from it.
Appearance in the Literature and Arts:
Watering
