Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melilotus albus Medik. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfalfilla	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
bai hua cao mu xi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
bokhara clover	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bokhara-clover	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
bokharaklee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
handaquq	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
honey clover	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
honey-clover	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
hubam	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
huinjeondongssari	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ilkil-ul-malik	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
khandai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meliloto bianco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
meliloto blanco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
meliloto-branco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
melilotus alba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
melilotus albus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
mélilot blanc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
naakhunaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nafal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
otrah	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
raiman	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
shirobana-shinagawa-hagi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sweet clover	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
trébol grande	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
vit sötväppling	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
weißer steinklee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
white flowered sweet clover	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white melilot	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
white sweet clover	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
white sweet-clo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white sweet-clover	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
white sweetclover	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
حندقوق	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
entire plant		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Melilotus albus Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 63 (1797), nom. illeg.
Medicago alba E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 9: 128 (1901).
Melilotus albus var. argutus (Rchb.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 55 (1899).
Melilotus albus var. macrocarpus Rupr. Fl. Ingrica: 267 (1860).
Melilotus albus f. prolifer Dore Canad. Field-Naturalist 73: 151 (1959).
Melilotus angulatus Trautv. Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 8: 270 (1841).
Melilotus arboreus Castagne ex Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 187 (1825), not validly publ.
Melilotus argutus Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 499 (1832).
Melilotus giganteus Trautv. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 8: 270 (1841), not validly publ.
Melilotus kotschyi O.E.Schulz Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 699 (1901).
Melilotus leucanthus W.D.J.Koch ex DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 6: 564 (1815).
Melilotus melanospermus Besser ex Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 186 (1825), not validly publ.
Melilotus officinalis subsp. albus (Medik.) H.Ohashi & Tateishi Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. 38: 319 (1984), nom. illeg.
Melilotus officinalis var. albus Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 287 (1812).
Melilotus officinalis var. vulgaris (Willd.) Wahlenb. Fl. Upsal.: 250 (1820).
Melilotus rugulosus Trautv. Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 8: 270 (1841), nom. illeg.
Melilotus strictus Trautv. Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 8: 270 (1841).
Melilotus tenellus Wallr. Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. 2: 247 (1840).
Melilotus urbanii O.E.Schulz Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 706 (1901).
Melilotus vulgaris Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 790 (1809).
Melilotus vulgaris var. gigantea Gaudin Fl. Helv. 4: 609 (1829).
Melilotus vulgaris var. minor Gaudin Fl. Helv. 4: 609 (1829).
Sertula alba (Medik.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 205 (1891).
Trifolium album (Medik.) Loisel. Fl. Gall.: 479 (1807), nom. illeg.
Trifolium melilotus Georgi Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich 2: 227 (1775), nom. illeg.
Trifolium vulgare Gueldenst. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 1: 537 (1843), not validly publ.
Trigonella alba (Medik.) Coulot & Rabaute Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numero Special 40: 631 (2013).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melilotus alba	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Melilotus alba Desfontaines	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Melilotus alba Desr.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Melilotus alba Medic.	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Melilotus alba Medik.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Melilotus albus	Med. Pl. in Russia & C. Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Melilotus albus Desr.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Melilotus albus Med.	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Melilotus albus Medik.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Mililotus albus Medikus	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

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