White Melilot

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Europe, AO, AU, BE, CA, CH, DO, FR

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Poison, Sclerosis

Science studied: CAO, DICUMAROL, FIBER, GLUCOSE

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 alba

Common names: White Melilot, Bokharaklee, Hvid stenkløver, Meliloto bianco, Melilotos, Mélilot blanc, Shirobana shinagawa hagi, Vit sötväppling, Weisser Honigklee, Weisser honigklee, Weißer steinklee, almengó blanc, bai hua cao mu xi, bokhara-clover, donnik belyi, fehér somkóró, heuin jeon dong ssa ri, hierba orejera, honey clover, honey-lotus, hubam

History

The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Europe, AO, AU, BE, CA, CH, DO and 8 additional places.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Poison
• Sclerosis

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• Elsewhere
• Europe
• AO
• AU
• BE
• CA
• CH
• DO
• FR
• GB
• IE
• IS

Documented cultural uses

• Poison
• Sclerosis

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

• Allelopathic effects of Stem Aqueous Extract of Lepidium didymum L. against Lens culinaris and Melilotus alba · 2024 source ↗
• Arbuscular mycorrhiza mediated effects on growth, mineral nutrition and biological nitrogen fixation of Melilotus alba Med. in a subtropical grassland soil · 2019 source ↗
• Meliloester, a new melilotic ester from Melilotus alba. · 2012 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• CAO
• DICUMAROL
• FIBER
• GLUCOSE
• NITROGEN
• P2O5
• PROTEIN
• RESINS
• SAPONINS
• STARCH
• SUGARS
• COUMARIC-ACID
• FAT
• MELILOTIC-ACID
• ASH
• O-COUMARIC-ACID

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Reference images

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.