Laburnum anagyroides plant contain cytisine and are poisonous if consumed. The wood is hard and heavy, of a yellow/brown colour, ideal for making posts, for woodturning and as fuel. In the past (and today on historic re-enactments) it was used for making bows. The tree is also known as "false ebony" since the wood from very old specimens could be used in place of ebony. "Laburnum anagyroides" is cultivated as an ornamental tree. The most common ornamental plant in the genus is a hybrid between this species and "Laburnum alpinum" — Laburnum × watereri. The English poet Francis Thompson described the "laburnum"
USS Laburnum (1864) Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and Fort Sumter and she continued to labor restoring order to the waters of South Carolina until after the end of the war. "Laburnum" decommissioned 24 January 1866 and was sold at auction in New York City to L. J. Belloni 16 March 1866. The tug was redocumented as "D. P. Ingraham" 14 May 1866 and served commercial shipping until sold to a foreign purchaser in 1878. USS Laburnum (1864) USS "Laburnum" (1864) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a tugboat and