Glycyrrhiza

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Glycyrrhiza echinata Fruits and Seeds - MHNT
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Plant as used in Chinese herbology (crude medicine)

Glycyrrhiza is a genus of about 20 accepted species in the legume family (Fabaceae), with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.[1]

The genus is best known for liquorice (British English; licorice in American English), G. glabra, a species native to Eurasia and North Africa,[2] from which most confectionery liquorice is produced.

Species

17 species are accepted:[3][4]

References

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