Entry for MELILOTUS indicus (L.) All. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
MELILOTUS indicus(L.) All. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1785).
Information
Erect or ascending annual, 15–50 cm tall. Leaflets lanceolate-oblong, serrate; stipules subentire. Racemes dense, many-flowered. Corolla pale yellow, 2–3 mm long; wings and keel equal, shorter than standard. Pods 1.5–3 mm long, subglobose, strongly reticulate-veined, glabrous.
Range
N2 Mediterranean region, Eritrea, Ethiopia, C Asia, India, introduced in various warm-temperate regions.
