White Sweetclover
Melilotus albus
Summary 7
Melilotus albus (Bokhara clover, honey clover, tree clover, sweet clover, white-flowered sweet clover, white sweet clover, white melilot), is a legume sometimes grown for forage. White sweet clover is a major source of nectar for an apiary. Its characteristic sweet odour, intensified by drying, is derived from coumarin.
Global distribution 8
Europe, Mediterranean Regiopn, West and Central Asia; Introduced and Naturalized elsewhere.
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- (c) Steve Chilton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/73779416@N00/812318237
- (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/gq/baskauf/gmeal12wp27351.jpg
- (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/gq/baskauf/gmeal12flinflor27358.jpg
- (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/gq/baskauf/gmeal12fl27361.jpg
- (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/gq/baskauf/gmeal12st27364.jpg
- (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/gq/baskauf/gmeal12lf27366.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melilotus_albus
- (c) Bibliotheca Alexandrina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22631744
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