bogbean

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Related to bogbean: Flowering rush, Menyanthes trifoliata, water mint

buck bean

(bŭk' bean),

The leaves of Menyanthes trifoliata (family Gentianaceae); credited with emmenagogue, antiscorbutic, and simple bitter properties.

Synonym(s): bogbean, menyanthes

bogbean

Herbal medicine
A perennial aquatic herb that contains alkaloids, essential oil, flavonoids, glycosides and saponin; it is a gastric tonic and mildly sedative, and has been used for rheumatic complaints.

Toxicity
Large doses may cause vomiting and diarrhoea.

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For more information call 0151 330 1444 or e-mail info@merseyferries.co.uk Jim Brady called to report flowering yellow water lily and masses of bogbean at Mere Sands Wood near, Rufford, where great crested grebe feed young.

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Botanists will tell you that it is in fact related to the bogbean, rather than to the other water-lilies, with yellow fringed petals and coming into flower in July.

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