botanical record · discovered
Yellow Sweetclover
Melilotus officinalis
Yellow Sweetclover · Common Melilot · Common melilot · Cornilla Real · Echter Honigklee · Echter Steinklee · Field Melilot · Gewöhnlicher Steinklee · Mark-stenkløver · Melilot officinal · Meliloto comune
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Iraq, US, Belgium, Spain, Nc, Hungary
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Anodyne, Asthma, Astringent, Carminative
Science studied: COUMARIC-ACID, COUMARIN, FAT, MELILOTIC-ACID
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 officinalis
Common names: Yellow Sweetclover, Common Melilot, Common melilot, Cornilla Real, Echter Honigklee, Echter Steinklee, Field Melilot, Gewöhnlicher Steinklee, Mark-stenkløver, Melilot officinal, Meliloto comune
POWO: 30429323-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, Elsewhere, Iraq, US, Belgium, Spain, Nc, Hungary.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Anodyne
- Asthma
- Astringent
- Carminative
- Cordial
- Diuretic
- Embolism
- Emollient
show 12 more documented entries
- Laxative
- Nervine
- Poison
- Stimulant
- Styptic
- Thrombosis
- Tumor
- Alterative
- Fumitory
- Spasm
- Tonic
- Tumor(Lymphatic)
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- Iraq
- US
- Belgium
- Spain
- Nc
- Hungary
Documented cultural uses
- Anodyne
- Asthma
- Astringent
- Carminative
- Cordial
- Diuretic
- Embolism
- Emollient
- Laxative
- Nervine
- Poison
- Stimulant
show 8 more documented entries
- Styptic
- Thrombosis
- Tumor
- Alterative
- Fumitory
- Spasm
- Tonic
- Tumor(Lymphatic)
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Anodyne · Turkey · "
- Asthma · Elsewhere · "
- Astringent · Turkey · "
- Carminative · Turkey · "
- Carminative · Elsewhere · "
- Cordial · Turkey · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Embolism · Iraq · "
- Emollient · Turkey · "
- Emollient · Elsewhere · "
- Laxative · Turkey · "
- Nervine · Turkey · "
- Poison · US · "
- Stimulant · Turkey · "
- Styptic · Elsewhere · "
- Thrombosis · Iraq · "
- Tumor · Belgium · "
- Alterative · Turkey · "
- Anodyne · Elsewhere · "
- Fumitory · Elsewhere · "
- Poison · Elsewhere · "
- Spasm · Spain · "
- Tonic · Turkey · "
- Tumor · Nc · "
1 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
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
- Comparative Biochemistry of Wild and In Vitro-Propagated <i>Melilotus officinalis</i>: Phytochemical Composition, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Properties. · 2026 source ↗
- Combined Effects of Superabsorbent Polymers, Biochar and Humic Acid on Soil Water Salt Dynamics and <i>Melilotus officinalis</i> Growth. · 2026 source ↗
- Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Coumarin in a Tinted Moisturiser Containing Melilotus officinalis (Sweet Clover) Extract. · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- COUMARIC-ACID
- COUMARIN
- FAT
- MELILOTIC-ACID
- EO
- PROTEIN
- HYDROCOUMARIN
- FERULIC-ACID
- KAEMPFEROL
- MELILOTIC-ACID-ESTER
- MELILOTIN
- MELILOTOSIDE
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- PROTOCATECHUALDEHYDE
- QUERCETIN
- SALICYLIC-ACID
show 26 more documented entries
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- O-COUMARIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- 3,4-DIHYDROXY-BENZOIC-ALDEHYDE
- SAPOGENINS
- SAPONINS
- 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- AZUKISAPONIN-V
- DIOSGENIN
- GALACTOMANNAN
- GALLIC-ACID
- GENTISIC-ACID
- MEDICARPIN
- MELILOTIGENIN
- MYRICETIN
- P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID
- P-HYDROXYPHENYLLACTIC-ACID
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- SINAPIC-ACID
- SOYASAPOGENOL-B
- SOYASAPOGENOL-E
- SOYASAPONIN-I
- ACETYLSOYASAPONIN-I
- DEHYDRO-SOYASAPONIN-I
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- VANILLIC-ACID
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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