Melilotus albus Medikus

Melilotus albus Medikus

Status: Accepted
Genus: Melilotus Miller
Tribe: Trifolieae
References: [368][454][826][1056][2080]

Other names:

Melilotus alba Medikus [Orthographic] [454][754][826][2461]
Melilotus albus Medikus Var. annua Coe [Synonym]
Melilotus argutus Reichb. [Synonym] [454]
Melilotus leucanthus DC. [Synonym] [2015][2159]
Melilotus vulgaris Willd. [Synonym] [2080]

Common Names:

Bokhara Clover [1921]
Hubam [2153]
Hubam Clover [1430]
MＭilot [1915]
MＭilot Blanc [2459]
Sweet Clover [1847] [2080] [2086]
TrＣol Hubam [1430]
Weisser Honigklee [2205] [2444]
Weisser Steinklee [2459]
White Melilot [1847] [1862]
White Sweetclover [1862] [1902] [2153]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Herb
Lifespan:
- Annual
- Perennial
Stems:
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
- 1993 Adams BR
- 1995(Europe)Adams BR
Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
- 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Environmental [1862]
Forage [1430] [1847] [1862] [1869] [2459]
Miscellaneous [1862]
Weed [1899] [754]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa
- Algeria [454]
- Egypt [454]
- Ethiopia [24]
- Kenya [210]
- Lesotho [359]
- Libya [454]
- South Africa [279]
- Tanzania [210]
- Zimbabwe [8]

Asia [24] [1179] [1861] [1862] [1872] [1914] [1938] [2015]
- Afghanistan [1872]
- Bhutan [1914]
- China [1179] [1914]
  - Xizang Zizhiqu [1914]
- India [1862] [1914]
- Iran [1861]
- Iraq [1862]
- Korea [2015]
- Mongolia [2015]
- Myanmar [1914]
- Pakistan [1862] [1938]
- USSR [2015]

Australasia [1880]
- Australia [1880]

Caribbean [1056] [1430] [2153] [2157]
- Bahamas [2153]
- Dominican Republic [1056] [2157]
- Haiti [1056]
- Jamaica [1056]
- Puerto Rico [1056] [1430] [2157]

Europe [454] [754] [1869] [1883] [2183] [2196] [2205] [2309] [2444] [2459] [2460]
- Albania [454] [754]
- Austria [754]
- Belgium [2459] [2460]
- Bulgaria [454] [754] [2309]
- Corsica [454]
- Czechoslovakia [754]
- Denmark [754]
- Finland [754]
- France [454] [754]
- Germany [754]
- Great Britain [754] [2183]
- Greece [454] [754]
- Hungary [754]
- Italy [454] [754] [1883]
- Liechtenstein [2444]
- Luxembourg [2459] [2460]
- Netherlands [754]
- Norway [754]
- Poland [754]
- Romania [754]
- Spain [454] [754] [2196]
- Sweden [754]
- Switzerland [754] [2205]
- Turkey in Europe [454] [754] [1869]
- USSR:B-F.E. [754]
- USSR:C-F.E. [754]
- USSR:E-F.E. [754]
- USSR:K-F.E. [754]
- USSR:N-F.E. [754]
- USSR:W-F.E. [754]
- Yugoslavia [454] [754]

Indian Ocean [1915]
- Mauritius [1915]
- Reunion [1915]

Middle East [454] [1859] [1862] [1896] [1899]
- Cyprus [454]
- Israel-Jordan [454]
- Lebanon [1862]
- Qatar [1899]
- Saudi Arabia [1859]
- Syria [1862]
- Turkey in Asia [454]
- Yemen [1896]

North America [1847]
- United States [1434] [1847]
  - Delaware [1847]

Pacific Ocean [1949] [2080]
- Hawaii [1949]
- New Zealand(North) [2080]
- New Zealand(South) [2080]

South America [2090]
- Peru [2090]

Notes:

Reported in error for Portugal [454]
Native range obscure;appears to embrace most of Europe & West & Central Asia [1862]
An excellent bee plant that is also salt-tolerant

Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:18:57