Melilotus albus and melilotus officinalis are widely used in forage production. Allelopathic effects of the humus soils from betula platyphylla and quercus liaotungensis pure plantations on 9 kinds of common shrubs and herbs. Furthermore seen on dumps in austruweel 1940 and mechelen 1956, 1967. Yellow sweet clover starts blooming a couple weeks earlier than white and is a slightly smaller plant, but except for the flower color and some other more subtle differences is otherwise nearly identical. It became naturalized throughout europe, warm temperate north america southern and pacific usa, chile, australia, japan, southern africa and hawaiii, and is now widespread in all continents wilken et al. White sweet clover also goes by latin name melilotus albus. Melilotus officinalis an overview sciencedirect topics. Coumarin content, morphological variation, and molecular. Download pdf comment on factsheet inaturalist nz view observations donate support nzpcn. Photographs and information on melilotus indicus annual yellow sweetclover. Thus, intense efforts are made to combine the health benefits of honey and herbs. Melilotus indicus vernacular names edit wikidata melilotus indicus english. Melilotus, known as melilot, sweet clover, and kumoniga from the cumans, is a genus in the family fabaceae the same family that also includes the trifolium clovers. It has been introduced to many parts of europe outside its native range, as well as to north and south america, australasia and southern africa, often as a crop or potential crop turkington et al.
It grows in moderately saline areas, where traditional forage. Melilotus alba white sweetclover this plant and synonym italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. The leaves are alternate in arrangement and are 12. Forest and kim starr plants of hawaii image licensed under a creative commons attribution 3. In vitro screening of forty medicinal plant extracts from the united states northern great plains for anthelmintic activity against haemonchus contortus.
Pdf on dec 1, 2002, joao honrado and others published xxxiii. Melilotus indicus in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Each plant profile in the database contains nomenclature info, botanical data, plant description, large, highresolution pictures, images and photos of the plants and its parts, detailed. The roots and shoots were washed and measured on a meter scale, oven dried at 800c for 48h, and weighed. Invasive white sweetclover melilotus officinalis control with herbicides, cutting, and flaming article pdf available in invasive plant science and management september 2009 with 314 reads. This is the profile for the plant melilotus indicus small melilot trew tattoroq.
Yellow sweetclover, white sweetclover plant guide usda plants. Melilotus indicus annual yellow sweetclover, annual. Stipules lanceolate, base hastate and split into several teeth or incised. Morphological, anatomical, pollen and seed morphological. Ten new syntaxa from the miniensean biogeographic subsector northwestern portugal find, read and cite all the research you need. Flora pedemontana sive enumeratio methodica stirpium indigenarum pedemontii 1. This essential oil comes from melilotus, an herb that is botanically known as melilotus officialis and is commonly called as melilot or sweet clover. In moussavis 2001 studies, based on the morphological characteristics of more than 200 specimens of melilotus from various parts of iran, four species are distinguished, namely m.
Leaflets oblongelliptic, elliptic, or obovate, 4 1520 mm long, 3 710 mm wide, margins serrate, stipules lanceolate, widened at base and often with an additional lobe, margins scarious. Melilotus of the tribe trifolieae in order to construct their phylogenetic relationships. Effects of melilotus officinalis on acute inflammation. The results were compared with those from a group treated with hydrocortisone sodium hemisuccinate and one injected with coumarin before inflammation was induced. In the seeding year, the growth habit of sweet clover is different from alfalfa and many clovers. Sweet clover, socalled for its sweet, haylike scent, used to come in several varieties, notably white melilotus alba and yellow m. Hemidesmus indicus, sariva, asclepiadaceae, indian sarsaparilla created date. A study combining molecular and morphological data found that. Leaflets are oval, up to 30 mm long and with toothed margins. The record derives from ildis data supplied on 20100714 which reports it as an accepted name record 31598. It is monocarpic, sweet scented, and has trifoliate leaves ekhardt, 1987.
Melilotus indicus is an erect, annual herb growing about 1 metre tall. Media in category melilotus indicusthe following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Melilotus sulcatus manual of the alien plants of belgium. Our study investigated the effects of melilotus officinalis l. Now they are considered one and the same, at least according to the usda plants database, which we use as the standard for herbaceous plant names.
In fact, the name of the herb is derived from the following two words mel honey and lotus. The plant is grown in pakistan, kashmir, india, tibet, russia, china, turkey, middle and southern europe 16. Meliloto dindia flowering habit at along coast east of bulky dump sand island, midway atoll credit. Melilotus indicus, sometimes incorrectly written melilotus indica, is a yellowflowered herb native to northern africa, europe and asia, but naturalized throughout the rest of the world common names in english include sweet clover or sweetclover, sour clover sourclover, sourclover, indian sweetclover, annual yellow sweetclover, bokhara clover, smallflowered sweet clover, common. Annual yellow sweetclover, annual yellow sweet clover plant characteristics. This naturalized weed is native to southwestern europe, the mediterranean region, and eastward to india. Ten samples of melilotus indicus were collected arbitrarily from a wheat crop land at pre flowering to post flowering stage of the four selected sites at monthly intervals from january to march.
Pdf photonastic control of leaflet orientation in melilotus indicus. Melilotus can grow up to a height of four feet and has yellow and white colored flowers. Wildflowers dicots eudicots fabales fabaceae melilotus yellow sweet clover. Melilotus alba is a biennial herb with pealike flowers attached to small stalks of elongated stems cole, 1990. Plants profile for melilotus indicus annual yellow. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Pertinent common names particularly those used in california. Sour clover occurs in gardens, roadsides, fields, waste places. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of food medicines and as an insect repellent. Melilotus indicus originated from the mediterranean and southwestern europe, and from india uc sarep, 2006. Although melilotus indicus extract mie has recently been shown to suppress growth of several tumor cell lines, information regarding its antitumor mechanism is.
Morphologygrowth pattern yellow sweetclover is biennial with several stems ascending from 2 to 10 ft 0. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. An melilotus indicus in nahilalakip ha genus nga melilotus, ngan familia nga fabaceae. Members are known as common grassland plants and as weeds of cultivated ground. Apparently first recorded on arable land in wijgmaal in 1893 as melilotus indicus. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about melilotus species, white sweet clover melilotus albus supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at daves garden. Is under photonastic control during the day and nyctinastic control during the night, but also. In hope ranch and between stevens park and cator, much less common than white sweet clover. Introduced from europe as a nitrogen fixer, and as cattle feed. Melilotus indicus new zealand plant conservation network.
Pdf invasive white sweetclover melilotus officinalis. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Messina melilotus siculus a new annual pasture legume. Growth and productivity of melilotus indicus to air pollution. Plants profile for melilotus officinalis sweetclover. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. A novel honeybased product enriched with coumarin from melilotus. Melilotus species, white sweet clover melilotus albus. Pdf chemical constituents from melilotus officinalis. The dried leaves are reported to be toxic, whereas the fresh leaves are quite safe.