| Accepted name: |
Medicago falcata L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Medicago sativa L. ssp. falcata (L.) Arcang.
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| English names: |
Alfalfa
Sickle Medick
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Fabaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HMEDFA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
It is a good bee plant, protein extracts are used for food and feed, in Asiatic countries young sprouts are eaten as vegetable, in Central Europe it was grown during the 17th cent. as ornamental and medicinal plant, for the latter purpose it is still used in many countries.(1) |
| Key Characters: |
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