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Chinese Wisteria

Fabaceae Wisteria sinensis

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Flower Info:

Petal # 5

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Color 2

Type	Categories	Useful Parts
Shrub

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Fabaceae Family

Wisteria Genus

Location

Found in Utah.

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Fabaceae

Bean Family

Order of Beans

Nitrogen Bean Clad

Bean-Like Class

Real Rose Class

Rose-Like Class

Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Eudicots

Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Mesangiospermae

Half Capsule Seed Division

Magnolia Division

Seed Plants

Real Land Plants

Multiple Spore Sub-Kingdom

Stomatophytes

Air Pores Sub-Kingdom

Embryophytes

Multicellular Land Plants

Streptobionta

Multicellular Plants

Plantae

Plants

Eukaryota

Cells with a Nucleus

General Information

All parts of the plant contain a glycoside called wisterin which is toxic if ingested and may cause nausea, vomiting, stomach pains, and diarrhea. Wisterias have caused poisoning in children of many countries, producing mild to severe gastroenteritis.