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Melilotus alba

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{{stub}}[[File:Melilotus alba.jpg|thumb|right|'' 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==
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootLeaves}}.
==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).
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=|gu=|hi=|kn=|ksml=|mlsa=|mrta=|pate=|tahi=|teen=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.
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===Rasa===
 
 
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herbs}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|The leaves are compound (made up of two or more discrete leaflets}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Small|white|5|There is only one way to evenly divide the flower (the flower is bilaterally symmetrical). }}===Fruit==={{Fruit|Simple Fruit|3–5 mm|The fruit is dry but does not split open when ripe||}}
===Fruit===
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===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
 
==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Mode of Propagation==
{{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.
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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==Photo Gallery==
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File:Starr-090518-7903-Melilotus alba-flowers-Omaopio-Maui (24324799944).jpg
File:Melilotus alba — Flora Batava — Volume v11.jpg
File:Starr-090518-7906-Melilotus alba-seeds-Omaopio-Maui (24837439802).jpg
</gallery>
==References==
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289192804_Chemical_constituents_from_Melilotus_officinalis Chemical constituents]</ref>
<ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">["Chemistry"https://www.bimbima.com/ayurveda/medicinal-use-of-bakayan-tree-or-chinaberry/1209/ Plant description]</ref>
<ref name="LeafHow to plant/cultivate">["Morphologyhttps://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Melilotus+albus Cultivation"]</ref></references>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,4147,4148 Manual treatment]* [ ]* [ ]
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