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Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Many early records of M. officinalis are based on misidetnifications of M. indicus.

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(L.) All.
L.
All.
1785
indica
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species
Melilotus indicus

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indicus

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Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

Erect or ascending annual up to 0.6 m high; stems ± glabrous or sparsely hairy in upper parts. Lvs usually ± glabrous, sometimes sparsely or moderately hairy particularly when young; petioles c. 5-25 mm long; leaflets elliptic to obovate, usually obtuse, sometimes slightly emarginate or acute, usually shortly mucronate, obtuse to cuneate at base, serrate, c. 6-25 mm long; stipules lanceolate, entire or obscurely dentate at base. Racemes slender, dense at flowering and sometimes at fruiting but often elongated up to 12 cm at fruiting; fls (10)-numerous. Peduncles usually > petioles. Calyx ± glabrous or sparsely hairy; calyx teeth > tube, subulate. Corolla yellow, becoming white with age, 2-3 mm long; wings ± = keel. Pod glabrous, reticulately veined, 2-3-(4) mm long, 1-2-seeded; seeds light brown, 1.5-2 mm long.

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Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

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Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
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5ef8a613-c190-4749-a97d-5cb2251d8564
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1 January 2000
18 June 2009
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