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Melilotus indicus

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It is used as a source of nectar for bees, as forage, and as a soil improver. It is also used in folk medicine. It is poisonous to some mammals, and is a potential seed crop contaminant.
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herb from 10 to 50 centimetres (3.9 to 19.7 inches) in height (rarely to one metre), with trifoliate leaves and small yellow flowers borne in dense racemes. Similar to
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Thuill. in general. The flowers are 2 – 3 mm long and produce a hairless pod of similar length. Its leaves have a sweet, cloying scent when crushed.
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In Pakistan, Melilotus indicus is called sinji, which is used as a vegetable. It has many medicinal uses. It has antioxidant properties
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Species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae
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Index

Small Melilot

Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Faboideae
Melilotus
Binomial name
L.
All.
Synonyms

MHNT
Australia
New Zealand
annual
biennial
Carl Linnaeus
Species plantarum
Melilotus
Carlo Allioni
Macaronesia
Africa
Europe

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