Pan India Bouquets

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. Downloaded on 28 June 2022.