Trifolium repens L.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Synonym(s) : Amoria repens (L.) C.Presl
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Trifolium repens L.
  • Common name : White Clover, Ladino Clover, White Dutch Clover
  • Vernacular name :
    • Seto Behuli (Nepali)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as animal food.
  • Distribution :
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
    • Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Egypt to Zimbabwe, Europe to Mongolia and Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : cosmopolitan
  • Literature :
    • K. Sankara Rao photography
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Trifolium repens. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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