Effect of melilotus extract on lung injury by upregulating. Melilotus indica information from the global compendium of. Melilotus indica, phytochemical screening, antioxidant activity, property. Corolla yellow or white, petals free from staminal tube, deciduous. Jul 18, 2015 this essential oil comes from melilotus, an herb that is botanically known as melilotus officialis and is commonly called as melilot or sweet clover.
Nursery availability from cnplx commercial availability unknown. Melilotus albus is considered a valuable honey plant and source of nectar and is often grown for forage. Pdf taxonomic revision of melilotus indicus complex in egypt. Pdf on dec 31, 2018, faiza shehata and others published taxonomic revision of. The stems are branched, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. The record derives from ildis data supplied on 20100714 which reports it as an accepted name record 31598.
Melilotus, known as melilot, sweet clover, and kumoniga from the cumans, is a genus in the family fabaceae the same family that also includes the trifolium clovers. However, the malpighian cells in the lens of a permeable seed were split apart, and they were only slightly bent. Pdf on apr 1, 2017, jafrin jobayer sonju and others published. Jstor is part of ithaka, a notforprofit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. Hamly 1932 observed that the malpighian cells in the lens of an impermeable melilotus officinalis seed appeared to be in a strained condition. Filed as melilotus indica family leguminosaepapilionoideae filed as melilotus indica family leguminosaepapilionoideae type. View photographs and a description of the plant melilotus indicus, commonly known as annual yellow sweetclover or annual yellow sweet clover. Melilotus indica l university of california, irvine. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the plants classification report.
Presented here is summary information about the species melilotus indica from the global compendium of weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. Yellow sweet clover melilotus officinalis biennial sweet clover thrives under a wide range of soil and climatic conditions. Melilotus albus, known as honey clover, white melilot uk, bokhara clover australia, white sweetclover usa, and sweet clover, is a nitrogenfixing legume in the family fabaceae. A detailed description for melilotus indicus, annual yellow sweetclover, also called common melilot, indian sweetclover, smallflowered sweet clover, sour.
While some systematists treat white sweetclover melilotus alba medik. Seed morphology and spermoderm under sem of melilotus indicus varieties. Pharmacognostical studies on melilotus indica all leaf. Melilotus officinalis european medicines agency european union. Pharmacognostic evaluation of melilotus officinalis linn.
Polish yellow sweet clover melilotus officinalis l. The coumarinic acid spontaneously lactonises to free coumarin. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of food medicines and as an insect repellent. View photographs and a description of the plant melilotus officinalis, commonly known as yellow sweetclover, yellow sweet clover, white sweetclover. General information melilotus indicus is an erect, annual herb growing about 1 metre tall. Macro and microomorphological features of melilotus indicus complex in egypt were examined. Melilotus indicus annual yellow sweetclover, annual yellow. The foliage is heavy, somewhat succulent with high water requirements. For vascular plants occurring in wildlands or otherwise outside of cultivation in california, the jepson eflora contains taxonomic treatments, distribution maps, illustrations, photographs, and identification keys. Here, we report the mechanism underlying the effects of mie on human hepatocellular carcinoma cells, specifically hepg2, and snu182. Melilotus indicus, sometimes incorrectly written melilotus indica, is a yellowflowered herb. Sweetclover seedlings closely resemble those of alfalfa medicago spp. Melilotus officinalis, also known as yellow melilot or yellow sweet clover, is a member of the. Meliloto dindia flowering habit at along coast east of bulky dump sand island, midway atoll credit.
Filed as melilotus indica family leguminosaepapilionoideae filed as melilotus indica l. The dried leaves are reported to be toxic, whereas the fresh leaves are quite safe. Bitter clover definition of bitter clover by merriamwebster. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. In fact, the name of the herb is derived from the following two words mel honey and lotus. Bitter clover definition is a yellowflowered eurasian annual sweet clover melilotus indica used as a cover crop in the western u. Although melilotus indicus extract mie has recently been shown to suppress growth of several tumor cell lines, information regarding its antitumor mechanism is completely unknown. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. For vascular plants occurring in wildlands or otherwise outside of cultivation in california, the jepson eflora contains taxonomic treatments, distribution maps, illustrations, photographs, and.
Plants profile for melilotus indicus annual yellow sweetclover. Bulk yellow sweet clover seeds melilotus officinalis. Pdf pharmacognostical studies on melilotus indica all leaf. Yellow sweet clover, yellow or ribbed or common melilot synonymes. Melilotus indica is a plant commonly known as banmethi in. Ellen jacquart tnc, rick phillabaum, larry nees, keith johnson, and hilary cox. Originally from europe and asia, it is now found worldwide. Melilotus officinalis yellow sweetclover, yellow sweet. Melilotus officinalis an overview sciencedirect topics. Grown in seleniumladen soils, ecotoxicology and environmental safety on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. The drug shows the presence of tannins, xanthoprotein, starch, cystine, sterols, triterpenoids, reducing sugars, saponins and alkaloids. European union herbal monograph on melilotus officinalis l. It grows in moderately saline areas, where traditional forage. Invasive ranking summary score ecological impacts 24.
Melilotus indicus, sometimes incorrectly written melilotus indica, is a yellowflowered herb native to northern africa, europe and asia, but naturalized throughout the rest of the world. Melilotus can grow up to a height of four feet and has yellow and white colored flowers. A case study of polish melilotus officinalis honey was. Read distribution of free selenoamino acids in plant tissue of melilotus indica l. Pdf pharmacognostic evaluation of melilotus officinalis. Plants profile for melilotus indicus annual yellow. Media in category melilotus indicus fruit the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.
Effect of melilotus extract on lung injury by upregulating the expression of cannabinoid cb2 receptors in septic rats. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. It is drought resistant, winterhardy and productive throughout all 50 states. Its flowers are smaller and more densely packed in the raceme than those of m. Melilotus indicus, a dicot, is an annual herb that is not native to california. The present study deals with the pharmacognostic studies on the leaves of melilotus indica. F abaceae pea family eurasia annual yellow sweetclover yellow sweetclover. Melilotus indicus, annual yellow sweetclover, southwest desert flora. Melilotus indicus annual yellow sweetclover, annual. Forest and kim starr plants of hawaii image licensed under a creative commons attribution 3. A large image of melilotus indica from the usda plants database. Melilotus indica as a green manure crop in southern california by mertz, w. Definitions of terms are available in the gcw introduction.
Members are known as common grassland plants and as weeds of cultivated ground. Melilotus essential oil essential oil informer melilotus. We are globally recognized as a leading provider of fragrances, flavors and active ingredients as well as aroma chemicals for the perfume, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries. Melilotus may be distinguished from alfalfa by the absence of pubescence on. Melilotus indicus, sometimes incorrectly written melilotus indica, is a yellow flowered herb.
Pdf the present study deals with the pharmacognostic studies on the leaves of melilotus indica. Melilotus definition of melilotus by the free dictionary. Jan 25, 2018 melilotus indicus, is a traditional medicine used as analgesic and emollient. Taxonomic revision of melilotus indicus complex in.
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