| Accepted name: |
Medicago polymorpha L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Medicago polycarpa Willd.
-Medicago nigra (L.) Krock.
-Medicago hispida Gaertn.
-Medicago denticulata Willd.
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| English names: |
Smooth Bur-clover
Multi-formed Medick
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| French names: |
Luzerne hérissée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Fabaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HMEDPO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In China grown as traditional vegetable crop, young sprouts are used for human nutrition, and in Korea the species is cultivated as a medicinal plant (1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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