| Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) | 
| Scientific name | Laburnum anagyroides Medikus | 
| Synonyms | Cytisus alschingeri Visiani; Cytisus laburnum L.; Laburnum anagyroides Medikus var. alschingeri (Visiani) C. K. Schneider; Laburnum vulgare J. Presl | 
| Common name | (Japanese common name) kin-gusari [golden-chain] | 
| (English common name) common laburnum, golden-chain, golden-chaintree, peatree | |
| Distribution | (Japan) garden plants | 
| (Other nations) [native] Romania, Yugoslavia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=42 | 
| Description | Plants 5-8m tall. Leaves leaflets 3-8cm long. Flowers yellow 2cm, flowering in May to June. Deciduous. Subarbor trees. | 
| Reference | Laburnum anagyroides Medik. | 
| Use of stilbene derivatives substituted in position 3 as deodorant active agents in cosmetic compositions (US Patent 6407142/2002) | |
| Purification of polypeptides (US Patent 7169908/2007) | |
| Dietetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions containing a plant extract and probiotic microorganisms (European Patent EP1281403/2003) | |
| Cytisine and acetylcholine analogs and methods of treating mood disorders (WIPO Patent WO/2007/100430) | |
| Agglutination-based method for fast detection, isolation and quantification of apoptotic cells (WIPO Patent WO/2007/053654) | 
| May 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden | May 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden | May 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden | 
| May 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden | May 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |