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'''Melilotus albus''', known as honey clover, white melilot (UK), Bokhara clover (Australia), white sweetclover (USA), and sweet clover, is a nitrogen-fixing legume in the family Fabaceae. Melilotus albus is considered a valuable honey plant and source of nectar and is often grown for forage. Its characteristic sweet odor, intensified by drying, is derived from coumarin.
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{{Uses|Anticlotting agent for the blood}}, {{Uses|Ointments for external ulcers}}.
  
 
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Objective To study the chemical constituents of Melilotus officinalis. Methods The compounds were isolated and purified by silica gel column chromatography, gel chromatography, and ODS column chromatography. Their structures were elucidated by chemical and spectral analyses. Results Twelve compounds were obtained from the 70% ethanol extract of M officinalis and their structures were identified as β-sitosterol (1), coumarin (2), methyl 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate (3), kaempferol-3-O-α-L-rhamnoside (4), rutin (5), apigenin-7-O-β-D-lutinoside (6), dibutyl phthalate (7), robinin (8) clovin (9), kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside (10), isoquerecitrin (11), and medicarpin 3-O-β-glucopyranoside (12).
 
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en= Honey clover, White melilot, Bokhara clover, White sweetclover}}
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==
 
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
 
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
 
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The plant is a good green manure crop[20, 87, 172]. It can be sown in the autumn and overwintered or sown from spring to mid summer. It can be cut several times for compost material before being finally incorporated into the soil[87].
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Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy ...
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Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast.
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289192804_Chemical_constituents_from_Melilotus_officinalis Chemical constituents]</ref>
  
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Latest revision as of 19:03, 1 June 2020

Melilotus alba

Melilotus albus, known as honey clover, white melilot (UK), Bokhara clover (Australia), white sweetclover (USA), and sweet clover, is a nitrogen-fixing legume in the family Fabaceae. Melilotus albus is considered a valuable honey plant and source of nectar and is often grown for forage. Its characteristic sweet odor, intensified by drying, is derived from coumarin.


Uses

Anticlotting agent for the blood, Ointments for external ulcers.

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Objective To study the chemical constituents of Melilotus officinalis. Methods The compounds were isolated and purified by silica gel column chromatography, gel chromatography, and ODS column chromatography. Their structures were elucidated by chemical and spectral analyses. Results Twelve compounds were obtained from the 70% ethanol extract of M officinalis and their structures were identified as β-sitosterol (1), coumarin (2), methyl 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate (3), kaempferol-3-O-α-L-rhamnoside (4), rutin (5), apigenin-7-O-β-D-lutinoside (6), dibutyl phthalate (7), robinin (8) clovin (9), kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside (10), isoquerecitrin (11), and medicarpin 3-O-β-glucopyranoside (12). [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Honey clover, White melilot, Bokhara clover, White sweetclover


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate The leaves are compound (made up of two or more discrete leaflets

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual Small white 5 There is only one way to evenly divide the flower (the flower is bilaterally symmetrical).

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Simple Fruit 3–5 mm The fruit is dry but does not split open when ripe {{{6}}}


Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

The plant is a good green manure crop[20, 87, 172]. It can be sown in the autumn and overwintered or sown from spring to mid summer. It can be cut several times for compost material before being finally incorporated into the soil[87]. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy ... Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water. Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. [3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Meadows.

Photo Gallery

  • Starr-090518-7903-Melilotus alba-flowers-Omaopio-Maui (24324799944).jpg
  • Melilotus alba — Flora Batava — Volume v11.jpg
  • Starr-090518-7906-Melilotus alba-seeds-Omaopio-Maui (24837439802).jpg

References

  1. ↑ Chemical constituents
  2. ↑ Plant description
  3. ↑ Cultivation"


External Links

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