Plant Details

Accepted name:: Medicago lupulina L. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
'bu su hang pho	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
black medic	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
black medick	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bu su hang po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
hop clover	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hop medick	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lupuline	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
minette	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nonesuch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yellow trefoil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
འབུ་སུ་ཧང་ཕོ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
天蓝苜蓿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
老蜗生	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 56 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Medicago lupulina subsp. willdenowii (Mérat) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 159 (1882).
Medicago willdenowii Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 296 (1812).
Lupularia parviflora Opiz Seznam: 61 (1852), nom. superfl.
Lupulina aurata Noulet Fl. Bass. Sous-Pyrén.: 156 (1837).
Medica lupulina (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 88 (1771).
Medicago apennina J.Woods Tourist's Fl.: 84 (1850).
Medicago breviflora Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 95 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Medicago canescens Menyh. Kal. Vid. Növén.: 61 (1877).
Medicago ciliaris Lucé Topogr. Nachr. Oesel: 253 (1823), nom. illeg.
Medicago corymbifera W.L.E.Schmidt ex Schltdl. Linnaea 4: 74 (1829).
Medicago cupianiana Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 362 (1844).
Medicago lupulina var. axilis Merino Fl. Galicia 1: 377 (1905).
Medicago lupulina var. canescens Moris Fl. Sardoa 1: 436 (1837).
Medicago lupulina var. cinerea Alleiz. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 12: 64 (1921).
Medicago lupulina var. corymbosa Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 172 (1825).
Medicago lupulina f. corymbosa (Ser.) Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 52 (1873).
Medicago lupulina var. cupianiana (Guss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 2: 105 (1872).
Medicago lupulina subsp. cupianiana (Guss.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 170 (1878).
Medicago lupulina proles cupianiana (Guss.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 9 (1899).
Medicago lupulina var. dzumgalensis Ubuk. Fl. Kirgiz. SSR 7: 156 (1957).
Medicago lupulina var. eriocarpa (Rouy) Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 29: 413 (1938).
Medicago lupulina subvar. eriocarpa Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 9 (1899).
Medicago lupulina subsp. eurasiatica Braun-Blanq. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 77: 288 (1930).
Medicago lupulina var. glabra Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 605 (1821 publ. 1822).
Medicago lupulina var. glanduligera Neuman Sver. Fl.: 331 (1901).
Medicago lupulina var. glandulosa W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 5: 324 (1839), nom. superfl.
Medicago lupulina var. hispida Klett & Richt. Fl. Leipzig: 615 (1830).
Medicago lupulina subsp. jalasii Rothm. Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 67: 5 (1963).
Medicago lupulina f. leiocarpa Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 52 (1873).
Medicago lupulina var. perennans Halácsy Consp. Fl. Graec. 1: 362 (1901).
Medicago lupulina var. polystachya Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 172 (1825).
Medicago lupulina f. polystachya (Ser.) Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 52 (1873).
Medicago lupulina var. scabra Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 605 (1821 publ. 1822).
Medicago lupulina var. stipularis (Wallr.) Hallier in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 534 (1891).
Medicago lupulina f. stipularis (Wallr.) Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 52 (1873).
Medicago lupulina f. subglabra Pau Apuntes Fl. Olmedo: 78 (1908), nom. nud.
Medicago lupulina var. unguiculata Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 172 (1825).
Medicago lupulina f. unguiculata (Ser.) Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 52 (1873).
Medicago lupulina var. vassilczennkoi Ubuk. Fl. Kirgiz. SSR 7: 156 (1957).
Medicago lupulina var. willdenowiana W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 161 (1836).
Medicago lupulina subsp. willdenowiana (W.D.J.Koch) Soják Sborn. Nár. Mus. v Praze, Řada B, Přír. Vĕdy 19: 155 (1963).
Medicago lupulina f. willdenowiana (W.D.J.Koch) Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 52 (1873).
Medicago lupulina var. willdenowii Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 139 (1860), nom. superfl.
Medicago mniocarpa Wallr. ex Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 172 (1825), not validly publ.
Medicago reniformis Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 278 (1867).
Medicago revoilii H.J.Coste & Soulié Monde Pl. 22: 6 (1921).
Medicago rigidula var. eriocarpa Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 25 (1899).
Medicago stipularis Wallr. Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. 2: 260 (1840).
Medicago willdenowii var. retorta Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 296 (1812).
Medicula lupulina (L.) Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 386 (1787).
Medicula lupulina subsp. jalasii (Rothm.) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 18: 205 (1983).
Medicula lupulina subsp. willdenowiana (W.D.J.Koch) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 18: 205 (1983).
Melilotus lupulinus (L.) Trautv. Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 8: 271 (1841), nom. illeg.
Melilotus medicaginoides Zumagl. Fl. Pedemont. 2: 214 (1864).
Trifolium lupulinum (L.) Savi Fl. Pis. 2: 171 (1798).
Trigonella mniocarpa Wallr. ex DC. Prodr. 2: 172 (1825), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Medicago lupulina L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Medicago lupulina L. willdenowii (Merat)Urban	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Medicago wildenowii Merat	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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