Melilotus albus

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Melilotus albus
Phân loại khoa học
Giới (regnum): Plantae (không phân hạng): Angiospermae (không phân hạng): Eudicots (không phân hạng): Rosids Bộ (ordo): Fabales Họ (familia): Fabaceae Phân họ (subfamilia): Faboideae Tông (tribus): Trifolieae Chi (genus): Melilotus Loài (species): M. albus
Danh pháp hai phần
Melilotus albus Medik.

Melilotus albus (Bokhara clover, honey clover, tree clover, sweet clover, white-flowered sweet clover, white sweet clover, white melilot), là một legume sometimes grown for forage. White sweet clover is a major source of nectar for an apiary. Its characteristic sweet odour, intensified by drying, is derived from coumarin.

Chemical constituents

It has been used in herbal medicine. It contains dicoumarol that is an anticoagulant.

Môi trường sống

White sweet clover is bản địa của châu Âu and Asia. Nó được du nhập vào North America in the 17th century for cattle forage purposes and is now widespread throughout Canada and the United States, ở đó nó has become invasive and can outcompete native plant species. White sweet clover can grow up to 2 meters in height and can produce abundant amounts of seeds that readily float and disperse in water. This has allowed the plant to colonize natural habitat such as riparian areas all across much of North America.

Uses

It is nonetheless favoured for honey production and for its nitrogen fixing ability in preparing agricultural soil for future crops.

Tham khảo

• Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 

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