Erect , branched annual herb ; up to 50 cm tall . Stems erect to ascending , branched , green , round or slightly terete , glabrous . Leaves alternate , trifoliolate ; stipules entire ; leaflets 10-20 x 5-10 mm , obovate to oblong , serrate , tip acute , base tapering , somewhat blue-green or gray-green . Inflorescences in many-flowered racemes in leaf axils and at the end of branches ; peduncle up to ± 4 cm . Flowers small , white , becoming deflexed in fruit ; calyx pale green , ± 2 mm , teeth narrowly deltoid , ± unequal , glabrous or somewhat appressed-hairy ; corolla white , with standard ± 4 mm , ± twice as long as the calyx ; upper filament free , the other 9 united Fruit pod , 3-5 mm , ovoid to subglobose , reticulately veined , glabrous , ± brown when mature . Seeds ovoid , smooth . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Melilotus officinalis subsp. albus (Medik.) H.Ohashi & Tateishi
Sertula alba (Medik.) Kuntze
Trifolium album (Medik.) Loisel.
Trifolium melilotus Georgi
Trigonella alba (Medik.) Coulot & Rabaute
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Honey Clover
White Melilot
Bokhara Clover
White Sweet Clover
Sweet Clover
Ghazanfar (2007) wrote that: "Used as fodder for goats. The whole plant has been used in traditional medicine as an astrigent and for treating rheumatic pain". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol;2).
*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *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 *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.
