Melilotus indica (L.) All. - annual yellow sweetclover
Melilotus indica (L.) All. - annual yellow sweetclover
Melilotus indica (L.) All. - annual yellow sweetclover
Melilotus indica (L.) All. - annual yellow sweetclover
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
Synonym | : | Melilotus indicus (L.) All.; Melilotus bonplandii Ten.; Melilotus indicus subsp. permixtus (Jord.) Rouy; Melilotus melilotus-indica Asch. & Graebn. [Spelling variant]; Melilotus melilotus-indicus Asch. & Graebn.; Melilotus officinalis sensu Bojer; Melilotus parviflora Desf. [Spelling variant]; Melilotus parviflorus Desf.; Melilotus permixtus Jord.; Melilotus tommasinii Jord.; Sertula indica (L.) Kuntze; Trifolium melilotus indicus L.; Trifolium indica L. [Spelling variant]; Trifolium indicum L.; Trifolium melilotus L.; Trifolium melilotus var. indicum L.; Trifolium melilotus-indica L.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Indian Sweet Clover, Yellow sweet clover, Small Melilot, Ban methi, Morila, Senji methi, Ran methi, Ban methi, Ban Methi, Vanamethika, Methi ghans, sweet clover (or sweet-clover), sour clover (sour-clover, sourclover), Indian sweet-clover, annual yellow sweetclover, Bokhara clover, small-flowered sweet clover, common melilot, small-flowered melilot, small melilot, sweet melilot, Californian lucerne and Hexham scent. |
Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
Description | : | an annual herb with hairless stem, spreading or erect, 10-60 cm. The flowers and leaves have a mild perfume scented fragrance, hence the common name. Leaves are trifoliate, leaflets 1-2.5 cm, inverted lance-shaped to wedge-shaped-obovate, generally sharply toothed on the broader part. Yellow flowers appear in slender, compact racemes that are 1-2 inches in length. Flowers have a 1-1.5 mm long sepal cup, and are 2.5-3 mm long, yellow in color. Nine filaments are fused, 1 free. Flowering: January-March. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Seeds are made into a soup and used in the treatment of bowel complaints and infantile Diarrhea. The plant is used externally as a poultice or plaster on swellings. The plant contains coumarin, which is an anticoagulant. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: catechin; Epicatechin; taxifolin; quercetin; quercetin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside; quercetin 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside; isorhamnetin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside; isorhamnetin 3-O-beta-D-rutinoside; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (7): Quercetin; Rutin; Isorhamnetin; Catechin; Epicatechin; Taxifolin; Isorhamnetin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside; |
Plant's Current Status | : | - |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245346
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Sweet%20Clover.html
- https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/melilotus/indicus/
- https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MEIN2
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282362529 |
Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : Rosidae |
Order | : Fabales |
Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
Genus | : Melilotus Mill. - sweetclover |
Species | : Melilotus indica (L.) All. - annual yellow sweetclover |