Pea family (Fabaceae) ⁵

Summary ⁶

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.

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Midwest Invasive Species Information Network.
Fire Effects Information, U.S. Forest Service.

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1. (c) Sarah Gregg, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sarah Gregg, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55279476
2. (c) Leonard Rüdenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Leonard Rüdenberg, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52394822
3. (c) Cole Tiemann, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cole Tiemann, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108332569
4. (c) Alexey P. Seregin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexey P. Seregin, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97523111
5. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
6. Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melilotus_albus

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