Naturalised
Annual or short-lived perennial herb ; up to 50 cm tall . Stems erect to ascending , branched , ± glabrous . Leaves 3-foliolate , alternate , green ; stipules lanceolate ; leaflets 3-20 x 2-90 mm , obovate to oblong-lanceolate , dentate at the apex , cuneate at the base , appressed pubescent . Inflorescences in dense racemes with 10–35 flowers , on peduncles 1–5 cm long . Flowers violet or pale purple ; calyx 5-lobed , 3–6 mm long , tube and pointed teeth about equal in length ; corolla 7–11 mm long , blue to violet . Fruit orbicular with 1-4 spirals , glabrous , 2–6 seeded . Seeds 1–2 . 5 mm × 1–1 . 5 mm , yellow to brown , kidney-shaped to ovoid . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Least Concern - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Medica sativa (L.) Mill.
Medicago sativa var. vulgaris Alef.
Medicago sativa subsp. vulgaris (Alef.) Arcang.
Medicago vera Kirschl.
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maintenanceAr.Item1
Alfalfa
Lucerne
Purple Medick
Ghazanfar (2007) wrote that: "In addition to its use as fodder, the leaves have been used in traditional medicine to heal bruises, fractues and to stop nose bleeds; seeds have been used as an aphrodisiac". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.2).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *http://southwestdesertflora.com *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
