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Melilotus indicus
(L.) All.
Family
:
Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name)
: PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III)
:
Leguminosae
Basionym
: Leguminosae
Synonym(s)
: Sertula indica (L.) Kuntze
Species Name
(as per The IPNI)
:
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Common name
: Indian Sweet Clover, Yellow sweet clover
Vernacular name
: Ban methi, Morila, Senji methi (Hindi); Ran methi (Marathi); Ban methi (Bengali); Ban Methi (Assamese)
Habit
: Herb
Habitat
: A common winter weed in moist, watse places, along rivulets and in cultivated fields
Comments / notes
: Used as green fodder
Key identification features
: An erect, branching, sparingly pilose annual.
Flower, Fruit
: December-April
Distribution
:
Delhi
: Vasant Kunj
Haryana
: Gurgaon district
Native
: Medit. to Central Asia and Indian Subcontinent
Exotic/Native
: Native
Literature
: Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 116; Duthie J.F.(1960). Flora of The Upper Gangetic Plain Vol.1: 191
Citation
: Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets.
http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Melilotus indicus
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