| Accepted name: |
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Melilotus vulgaris Hill
-Trifolium melilotus L. var. officinalis L.
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| English names: |
Yellow Melilot
Yellow Sweet-clover
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| French names: |
Mélilot officinal
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Fabaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HMELOF
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
AB |
| 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: |
Dried or fresh leaf tea a folk remedy for FEVERS, PAINFUL MENSTRUATION, HEADACHES, COLDS, ISOMNIA; MILD SEDATIVE, CARMINATIVE, leaves poulticed for SORES, TUMORS and INSECT BITES (*3). |
| Key Characters: |
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