Melilotus albus Desr.

 
  • 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 IPNI) : Melilotus albus Medik.
  • Common name : White Sweet Clover, White melilot
  • Vernacular name :
    • Ran methi, Khandai (Hindi)
    • Safed ban methi (Oria)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Weed of cultivated fields
  • Comments / notes : Rare in wild
  • Key identification features : Leaf toothed, pinnately 3-foliate; Flowers white.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-May
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Sundergarh district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Lahaul & Spiti district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, China, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Greece, Gulf S
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, China, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Manchuria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe
  • 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.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 216
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Melilotus albus. Downloaded on 16 February 2025.

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