Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
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Melilotus indicus (L.) All. (1785)
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Biostatus
Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Many early records of M. officinalis are based on misidetnifications of M. indicus.
Nomenclature
(L.) All.
L.
All.
1785
indica
ICN
species
Melilotus indicus
Classification
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Descriptions
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.
Taxonomic concepts
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
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1 January 2000
18 June 2009