• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Melilotus albus Medik. ex Desr.
• Common name : White Sweet Clover, White melilot
• Vernacular name : Ran methi, Khandai (Hindi); Safed ban methi (Oria)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Weed of cultivated fields
• Comments / notes : Rare in wild
• Flower, Fruit : January-April
• Distribution :
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Sundergarh district
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia, Africa, Europe, Caribbean islands, Pacific Islands, Introduced in Northern Central America
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Melilotus albus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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