| Accepted name: |
Medicago sativa L. ssp. sativa |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Alfalfa
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| French names: |
Luzerne cultivée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Fabaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HMEDSAS
(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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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The protein extracts from the plant 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 (1). |
| Key Characters: |
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