Filed as melilotus indica family leguminosaepapilionoideae filed as melilotus indica l. Melilotus indicus, annual yellow sweetclover, southwest desert flora. Pdf on dec 31, 2018, faiza shehata and others published taxonomic revision of. Media in category melilotus indicus fruit the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Melilotus indicus annual yellow sweetclover, annual.
Plants profile for melilotus indicus annual yellow sweetclover. We are globally recognized as a leading provider of fragrances, flavors and active ingredients as well as aroma chemicals for the perfume, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries. Melilotus officinalis, also known as yellow melilot or yellow sweet clover, is a member of the. Bitter clover definition is a yellowflowered eurasian annual sweet clover melilotus indica used as a cover crop in the western u. For vascular plants occurring in wildlands or otherwise outside of cultivation in california, the jepson eflora contains taxonomic treatments, distribution maps, illustrations, photographs, and identification keys. It is drought resistant, winterhardy and productive throughout all 50 states. Forest and kim starr plants of hawaii image licensed under a creative commons attribution 3.
Seed morphology and spermoderm under sem of melilotus indicus varieties. A case study of polish melilotus officinalis honey was. Jstor is part of ithaka, a notforprofit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. F abaceae pea family eurasia annual yellow sweetclover yellow sweetclover. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
Polish yellow sweet clover melilotus officinalis l. A large image of melilotus indica from the usda plants database. A detailed description for melilotus indicus, annual yellow sweetclover, also called common melilot, indian sweetclover, smallflowered sweet clover, sour. View photographs and a description of the plant melilotus indicus, commonly known as annual yellow sweetclover or annual yellow sweet clover. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Although melilotus indicus extract mie has recently been shown to suppress growth of several tumor cell lines, information regarding its antitumor mechanism is completely unknown. Members are known as common grassland plants and as weeds of cultivated ground. Sweetclover seedlings closely resemble those of alfalfa medicago spp. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Melilotus officinalis european medicines agency european union. Bulk yellow sweet clover seeds melilotus officinalis.
Presented here is summary information about the species melilotus indica from the global compendium of weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. Melilotus officinalis yellow sweetclover, yellow sweet. General information melilotus indicus is an erect, annual herb growing about 1 metre tall. Plants profile for melilotus indicus annual yellow. Melilotus officinalis an overview sciencedirect topics. Melilotus indicus, a dicot, is an annual herb that is not native to california. Grown in seleniumladen soils, ecotoxicology and environmental safety on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Melilotus indica as a green manure crop in southern california by mertz, w. View photographs and a description of the plant melilotus officinalis, commonly known as yellow sweetclover, yellow sweet clover, white sweetclover. Corolla yellow or white, petals free from staminal tube, deciduous. The dried leaves are reported to be toxic, whereas the fresh leaves are quite safe. Melilotus indica melilotus indica health effects and herbal facts. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of food medicines and as an insect repellent.
Melilotus, known as melilot, sweet clover, and kumoniga from the cumans, is a genus in the family fabaceae the same family that also includes the trifolium clovers. Definitions of terms are available in the gcw introduction. Jul 18, 2015 this essential oil comes from melilotus, an herb that is botanically known as melilotus officialis and is commonly called as melilot or sweet clover. Macro and microomorphological features of melilotus indicus complex in egypt were examined. Achestomach astringent bowel diarrhea discutient emollient narcotic.
However, the malpighian cells in the lens of a permeable seed were split apart, and they were only slightly bent. Pdf pharmacognostical studies on melilotus indica all leaf. The stems are branched, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. In fact, the name of the herb is derived from the following two words mel honey and lotus. Free radicals are fundamental to any biochemical process and. Bitter clover definition of bitter clover by merriamwebster. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Melilotus indicus annual yellow sweetclover, annual yellow.
Nursery availability from cnplx commercial availability unknown. The foliage is heavy, somewhat succulent with high water requirements. Pharmacognostic evaluation of melilotus officinalis linn. Filed as melilotus indica family leguminosaepapilionoideae filed as melilotus indica family leguminosaepapilionoideae type. Pdf the present study deals with the pharmacognostic studies on the leaves of melilotus indica. Its flowers are smaller and more densely packed in the raceme than those of m. Effect of melilotus extract on lung injury by upregulating the expression of cannabinoid cb2 receptors in septic rats. Originally from europe and asia, it is now found worldwide. Yellow sweet clover, yellow or ribbed or common melilot synonymes. Hamly 1932 observed that the malpighian cells in the lens of an impermeable melilotus officinalis seed appeared to be in a strained condition. While some systematists treat white sweetclover melilotus alba medik. Meliloto dindia flowering habit at along coast east of bulky dump sand island, midway atoll credit.
Melilotus indica information from the global compendium of. Melilotus indicus, sometimes incorrectly written melilotus indica, is a yellow flowered herb. Read distribution of free selenoamino acids in plant tissue of melilotus indica l. Ellen jacquart tnc, rick phillabaum, larry nees, keith johnson, and hilary cox. Melilotus essential oil essential oil informer melilotus. Melilotus indica l university of california, irvine. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the plants classification report. European union herbal monograph on melilotus officinalis l. Melilotus indicus, sometimes incorrectly written melilotus indica, is a yellowflowered herb. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations.
Pharmacognostical studies on melilotus indica all leaf. Here, we report the mechanism underlying the effects of mie on human hepatocellular carcinoma cells, specifically hepg2, and snu182. The present study deals with the pharmacognostic studies on the leaves of melilotus indica. The coumarinic acid spontaneously lactonises to free coumarin.
Pdf pharmacognostic evaluation of melilotus officinalis. Melilotus definition of melilotus by the free dictionary. Invasive ranking summary score ecological impacts 24. It is indigenous to tropical africa and exotic to asia and central america.
Melilotus indica, phytochemical screening, antioxidant activity, property. Melilotus indicus, sometimes incorrectly written melilotus indica, is a yellowflowered herb native to northern africa, europe and asia, but naturalized throughout the rest of the world. Taxonomic revision of melilotus indicus complex in. Yellow sweet clover melilotus officinalis biennial sweet clover thrives under a wide range of soil and climatic conditions. Effect of melilotus extract on lung injury by upregulating. Pdf on apr 1, 2017, jafrin jobayer sonju and others published. Melilotus albus is considered a valuable honey plant and source of nectar and is often grown for forage.
The drug shows the presence of tannins, xanthoprotein, starch, cystine, sterols, triterpenoids, reducing sugars, saponins and alkaloids. For vascular plants occurring in wildlands or otherwise outside of cultivation in california, the jepson eflora contains taxonomic treatments, distribution maps, illustrations, photographs, and. The record derives from ildis data supplied on 20100714 which reports it as an accepted name record 31598. Pdf taxonomic revision of melilotus indicus complex in egypt. Melilotus albus, known as honey clover, white melilot uk, bokhara clover australia, white sweetclover usa, and sweet clover, is a nitrogenfixing legume in the family fabaceae. It grows in moderately saline areas, where traditional forage.
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