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Taxon:
Melilotus indicus
(L.) All.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Melilotus
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
24000
Place of publication:
Fl. pedem. 1:308. 1785 "
indica
"
Verified:
08/25/1989
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8
(
8
active,
8
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Melilotus indicus
(L.) All. var.
indicus
(0 active accession[s])
Melilotus indicus
(L.) All. var.
tommasinii
(Jord.) O. E. Schulz
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds.
Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/related/Melilotus_indicus/
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds.
1976-. Flora of Libya.
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds.
1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson.
1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
Note:
poisonous
Cronquist, A. et al.
1972-. Intermountain flora.
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 145.
Davis, P. H., ed.
1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Demilly, D. et al.
2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7
Note:
GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Note:
=
Melilotus indica
Eriksson, O. et al.
1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
Everest, S. L.
1981. Poisonous plants of Australia.
Note:
poisonous
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Graham, E. H.
1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
Hacker, J. B.
1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Australia.
Hansen, A. & P. Sunding.
1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Hnatiuk, R. J.
1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS.
1963-. Plantae asiae centralis.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds.
2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
URL:
http://www.gobcan.es/cmayot/interreg/atlantico/documentos/LESDCanarias.pdf
Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire.
1931-1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Kellerman, T. S. et al.
1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Note:
poisonous
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds.
1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Mouterde, P.
1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Norton, J. et al.
2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
URL:
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Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Pammel, L. H.
1911. Manual of poisonous plants.
Note:
poisonous
Pignatti, S.
1982. Flora d'Italia.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Pottier-Alapetite, G.
1979-1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
Press, J. R. & M. J. Short, eds.
1994. Flora of Madeira.
Quézel, P. & S. Santa.
1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Silva, L. et al.
2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
URL:
http://www.azores.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/3E255F0D-6AFD-4EF8-974D-CF920B5F933E/126780/42_Pteridophyta_Spermatophyta1.pdf
Small, E. et al.
1981. The taxonomic value of floral characters in tribe Trigonelleae (Leguminosae), with special reference to
Medicago
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Smythies, B. E.
1984-1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882.
Stace, C.
1995. New flora of the British Isles.
Stevenson, G. A.
1969. An agronomic and taxonomic review of the genus
Melilotus
Mill. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 49:12.
Täckholm, V.
1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest.
1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.
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URL:
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1974. Opredelenie sornykh vidov roda
Melilotus
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Melilotus
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Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Yakovlev, G. P. et al.
1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan.
1966-. Flora palaestina.
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
California lucerne –
Reference(s)
Hexham-scent –
Reference(s)
Hexham-scent melilot –
Reference(s)
Indian sweet-clover –
Reference(s)
King Island melilot –
Reference(s)
King Island-clover –
Reference(s)
small melilot –
Reference(s)
sour-clover –
Reference(s)
Arabic
handaquq –
Reference(s)
nafal –
Reference(s)
English (Canada)
annual yellow sweet-clover –
Reference(s)
French
mélilot de l' Inde –
Reference(s)
mélilot des Indes –
Reference(s)
French (Canada)
mélilot d’Inde –
Reference(s)
German
kleinblütiger Steinklee –
Reference(s)
India
senji –
Reference(s)
Italian
meliloto a fioro piccolo –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
ko-shinagawa-hagi –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
trevo-de-cheiro –
Reference(s)
Swedish
dvärgsötväppling –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
yin du cao mu xi –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Libya
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Bahrain
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Kuwait
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation
Dagestan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Xizang Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kazakhstan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Tajikistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Turkmenistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Uzbekistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Afghanistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Cyprus
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Egypt
Sinai
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iraq
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Israel
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Lebanon
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Syria
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Albania
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
Southwestern Europe
France
incl. Corsica
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Portugal
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
incl. Baleares
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Portugal
Azores
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Portugal
Madeira Islands
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Spain
Canary Islands
4
Naturalized
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Mauritius
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Reunion
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Australasia
New Zealand
New Zealand
4
Naturalized
Europe
Northern Europe
United Kingdom
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Southern America
South America
s.
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Egypt
,
Libya
,
Morocco
,
Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Bahrain
,
Kuwait
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
,
Cyprus
,
Egypt
[Sinai],
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Israel
,
Lebanon
,
Syria
,
Turkey
CAUCASUS:
Azerbaijan
,
Russian Federation
[Dagestan]
MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan
,
Tajikistan
,
Turkmenistan
,
Uzbekistan
CHINA:
China
[Xizang Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
Europe
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia
,
Albania
,
Greece
(incl. Crete),
Italy
(incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
(incl. Baleares),
France
(incl. Corsica),
Portugal
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Spain
[Canary Islands],
Portugal
[Azores, Madeira Islands]
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius
,
Reunion
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
,
United States
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
REGION:
South America
(s.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Note:
=
Melilotus indica
Animal food
forage
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Bee plants
honey production
Hacker, J. B.
1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Australia.
Environmental
erosion control
Graham, E. H.
1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
Environmental
soil improver
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.
UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ccrop/
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Pammel, L. H.
1911. Manual of poisonous plants.
Note:
poisonous
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Kellerman, T. S. et al.
1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Note:
poisonous
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson.
1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
Note:
poisonous
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Everest, S. L.
1981. Poisonous plants of Australia.
Note:
poisonous
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Name
References