Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melilotus albus Medik. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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)
bokhara clover	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bokhara-clover	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bokharaklee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
handaquq	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) 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)
hubam	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
huinjeondongssari	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
meliloto blanco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
meliloto-branco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
melilotus alba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mélilot blanc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
naakhunaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nafal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
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)
weißer steinklee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white flowered sweet clover	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white melilot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
white sweet-clo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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, sér. 3, 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.: 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 1: 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 Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Melilotus alba Medic.	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Melilotus alba Medik.	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) 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)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images