botanical record · discovered

Small-Flowered Melilot

Melilotus indica

Small-Flowered Melilot · Annual Yellow Sweet Clover · Annual melilot · Annual yellow sweetclover · Bitterklawer · California lucerne · Geelstinkklawer · Gwydro Blodau Bach · Hexham Scent · Hexham-scent · Hexham-scent melilot · Indian Sweetclover · Indian sweet-clover · Indischer Honigklee

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Mexico(Seri), South Africa, Finland

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Ache(Stomach), Bowel, Diarrhea, Discutient

Science studied: CALCIUM, CAO, CELLOBIOSE, FIBER

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Fabaceae

Scientific name: Melilotus indica

Common names: Small-Flowered Melilot, Annual Yellow Sweet Clover, Annual melilot, Annual yellow sweetclover, Bitterklawer, California lucerne, Geelstinkklawer, Gwydro Blodau Bach, Hexham Scent, Hexham-scent, Hexham-scent melilot, Indian Sweetclover, Indian sweet-clover, Indischer Honigklee

History

The source record documents this plant in Mexico(Seri), Elsewhere, South Africa, Finland.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

Ache(Stomach)
Bowel
Diarrhea
Discutient
Swelling
Tumor(Glands)
Astringent
Narcotic

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Emollient
Tumor

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

Mexico(Seri)
Elsewhere
South Africa
Finland

Documented cultural uses

Ache(Stomach)
Bowel
Diarrhea
Discutient
Swelling
Tumor(Glands)
Astringent
Narcotic
Emollient
Tumor

Cultural record detail

These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.

Ache(Stomach) · Mexico(Seri) · "
Bowel · Elsewhere · "
Diarrhea · Elsewhere · "
Discutient · Elsewhere · "
Swelling · Elsewhere · "
Tumor(Glands) · South Africa · "
Astringent · Elsewhere · "
Narcotic · Elsewhere · "
Emollient · Elsewhere · "
Tumor · Finland · "

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

A new bioactive flavone glycoside from the seeds of Melilotus indica All. · 2005 source ↗
Pharmacognostical studies on melilotus indica all leaf. · 1985 source ↗
Distribution of free seleno-amino acids in plant tissue of Melilotus indica L. grown in selenium-laden soils. · 1998 source ↗