Plant Details

Accepted name:: Medicago sativa L. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Medicago sativa nothosubsp. faurei Maire

Medicago sativa subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy

Medicago sativa subsp. sativa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
afafa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
alfa-alfa	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
alfacah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
alfafa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
alfalfa	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
alfasafat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
asva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asvabala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asvaksura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barsem	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
barsim hijazi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
barssim hijazi	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
bersim hadjazi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bersim hedjazi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blue alfalfa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
buffal herb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burseem	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common medick	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
duhrayjah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erba medica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
espest	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fassa	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
fecad	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fesefca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fisfisat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fussa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fussah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gaddooh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ghas	Other	Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
guāng fēng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
isfist	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jajukgaejari	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jat	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
jatt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kefiz	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kudure masaale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kudure masaale soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kudure soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutat	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kutirai macal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lasun-ghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lasunghaas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lasunghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lián mù cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
loosaran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loosarne soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lucerne	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lujen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lusan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
luzerne	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
medica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
medicago	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
medicago sativa for homeopathic preparations	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
medicago sativae herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
mendidjel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
methika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mù xu gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
n'fel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nefel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
purple lucerne	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
purple medic	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purple medick	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qadaab	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qadb	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qarad	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qat	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
ratbeh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
rizka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rottba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
safsafa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sefca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
singi	Other	Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
sofsafah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sofsfa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vilaayathi hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilaayatigawuth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vilaayithi hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilayatigavat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilayatihullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
winja	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yonjeh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
yunja	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yunjeh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
zǐ mù xu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ágria trifília	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
καλλιεργήσιμο τριφύλλι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
اسپست	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
برسيم حجازي	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
جت	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
رطبه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
فصة	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
یونجه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫برسيم‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
光风草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫苜蓿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苜蓿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苜蓿根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
莲木草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering plant		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Leaves		Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Leaves		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
Grass, Leaf, Herb	Juice	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
aerial part		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
above ground parts		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
whole plant		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
aerial part, fruit, leaf, root		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
seed, flower, fruit, leaves, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb, seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Leaf		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Medica sativa (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Medicago sativa subsp. vulgaris (Alef.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 160 (1882), not validly publ.
Medicago sativa var. vulgaris Alef. Landw. Fl.: 75 (1866), not validly publ.
Medicago vera Kirschl. Fl. Vogéso-Rhén. 1: 122 (1870), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Medicago sativa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Medicago sativa L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) 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) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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 sativa Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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