Milk vetch

Aspilia mossambicensis (Aspilia, wild sunflower) Astragalus membranaceus (Astragalus, huang qi, milk vetch)... 

Astragalus Astragalus membranaceus Milk vetch, yellow leader... 

Astragalus canadensis (Canada milk-vetch) Baryxylum inerme (so rabark peltophorum) Caesalpinia cacalaco (brazilwood)... 

This is a plant that grows in the western U.S. It is also called locoweed and milk vetch. Recent research has suggested that it shows promise as an immune booster for cancer patients. It is toxic to sheep, cattle, and horses when ingested. 

A review (in Russian) has been published by Gakhokidze, and the same author has reported on the conversion of 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-D-mannose into 2-deoxy-D-araZ>mo-hexonic acid(orthosaccharinic acid) by use of aqueous lead hydroxide. The first naturally occurring branched-chain saccharinic acid, 2-C-methyl-D-erythronolactone, has been isolated from milk vetch Astragalus lusitanicus) Reduction of the isosaccharinic acids (13) and (14) with sodium borohydride gave mixtures of the corresponding free sugars and branched-chain alditols. ... 

Columbia milk-vetch Astragalus columbianus) Endemic to the area in the immediate vicinity of Priest Rapids Dam, including a portion of Benton County could occur along the Columbia River in the northwestern portion of the Hanford Site,... 

Common/vernacular names Astragalus, huangqi, membranous milk vetch (A. membra-naceus), astragalus, Mongolian milk vetch (A. mongholicus), and milk vetch Astragalus spp.). 

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