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Melilotus albus Medik.
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Common name: Bokhara

Melilotus albus Medik. APNI*

Synonyms: Melilotus alba Medik. APNI*

Description: Erect annual or biennial herb to 150 cm high, sparsely hairy to glabrous.

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets oblong-oblanceolate to obovate or elliptic, 7–35 mm long, 2–15 mm wide, toothed; petioles to 40 mm long; stipules bristle-like, c. 5 mm long, entire.

Raceme 40–100-flowered, longer than the subtending leaves and elongating in pod; peduncle 3–20 cm long. Calyx c. 2 mm long. Corolla 4–6 mm long, white.

Pod ± globose, 3–5 mm long, reticulate-wrinkled, glabrous, greyish brown; seed usually 1.


Flowering: mainly summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Weed of cultivation and waste places. Native of Eur. & Asia.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *SWP
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
AVH map***

Text by E. H. Norris
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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