Taxon:
Medicago arabica (L.) Huds.
Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. angl. 288. 1762
Verified:
05/22/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
spotted bur-clover – spotted medic – spotted medick – spotted-leaf medic – French
luzerne d'Arabie – luzerne maculée – German
arabischer Schneckenklee – Italian
medica maculata – Japanese Rōmaji
montsuki-uma-goyashi – Spanish
trébol de carretilla – trébol manchado – Swedish
fläcklusern – Transcribed Chinese
he ban mu xu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Dagestan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia | Ciscaucasia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | w. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | w. & s.-c. |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | incl. Krym |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | incl. Crete |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | Faial |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Czechoslovakia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | s. & w. |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | s. |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | c. |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria (n.), Egypt (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria (w.), Turkey (w. & s.-c.)
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CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
Europe
-
NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom
-
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Ukraine (incl. Krym)
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Naturalized
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Azores (Faial)]
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Sweden
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czechoslovakia, Switzerland
Northern America
-
REGION:
United States (s. & w.)
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil (s.)
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile (c.), Paraguay, Uruguay
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | grazing | Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance |