Galega officinalis

TaxID: 47101

Basic Information

Galega officinalis

Goat's Rue, goat's rue

Galega officinalis, commonly known as galega or goat's-rue, is a herbaceous plant in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to parts of northern Africa, western Asia and Europe, but is widely cultivated and naturalised elsewhere. The plant has been extensively cultivated as a forage crop, an ornamental, a bee plant, and as green manure. G. officinalis is rich in galegine, a substance with blood glucose-lowering activity and the foundation for the discovery of metformin, a treatment for managing symptoms of diabetes mellitus. In ancient herbalism, goat's-rue was used as a diuretic. It can be poisonous to mammals, but is a food for various insects.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Fabales

Fabaceae

Galega

officinalis

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Galega officinalis
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(c) Alma Nativa@BY-NC
Galega officinalis
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(c) Sebastian J. Dunkl@BY-NC
Galega officinalis
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(c) Tomasz Wilk@BY-NC
Galega officinalis
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(c) Gian-Andrea Catrina@BY-NC
Galega officinalis
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(c) Sebastian J. Dunkl@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Switzerland Observation list of Invasive Alien Plants 2014
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
United States of America Quarantine pests 1989

Distribution (52 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR3521714 Root Flowering stage not determined 13424224 USA
SRR3521716 Young leaf tissue Flowering stage not determined 12672577 USA
SRR3521717 Old leaf tissue Flowering stage not determined 11437576 USA

DNA Barcodes (29 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
MKTRT1159-13 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1974-08-01 -
MKTRT1159-13 - ITS2 332 Canada 1974-08-01 -
MKTRT1158-13 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1974-08-01 -
MKTRT1158-13 - ITS2 331 Canada 1974-08-01 -
MKTRT1157-13 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1974-07-08 -
ITSAQ046-14 - ITS2 204 - - -
ITSAJ2896-14 - ITS2 206 - - -
IPSUB820-18 - trnH-psbA 266 Canada - -
IPSUB820-18 - rbcL 1006 Canada - -
IPSUB820-18 - matK 750 Canada - -
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Literature