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Medicago polyceratia (L.) Sauvages ex Trautv.

Luzerne à cornes nombreuses (fr), Trigonelle à cornes nombreuses (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Medicago

Characteristics

A herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

A Mediterranean climate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

It is used as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Medicago polyceratia world distribution map, present in Algeria, Spain, France, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Morocco, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506354-1
WFO ID wfo-0000185446
COL ID 3YNNG
BDTFX ID 41415
INPN ID 107688
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Trigonella polyceratia f. major Medicago polyceratia Trigonella polyceratia Trigonella polyceratia f. pinnatifida Trigonella polyceratia f. prostrata Trigonella polyceratia f. vulgaris Medicago fissa Trigonella polyceratoides Buceras polyceration Trigonella atlantica Buceras mutica Telis polycerata Trigonella amandiana Melilotus polyceratoides Trigonella pinnatifida Trigonella ambigua Trigonella polyceratia subsp. amandiana Trigonella polyceratia f. ambigua Trigonella polyceratia f. atlantica Trigonella polyceratia f. glabrata Medicago polyceratia subsp. amandiana Trigonella polyceratia f. melanosperma Trigonella polyceratia subsp. pinnatifida Trigonella amandiana var. pinnatifolia Trigonella amandiana var. serratifolia Trigonella polyceratia var. amandiana Trigonella polyceratia var. atlantica Trigonella polyceratia var. glabrata Trigonella polyceratia var. longipes Trigonella polyceratia var. major Trigonella polyceratia var. melanosperma Trigonella polyceratia var. minor Trigonella polyceratia var. pinnatifida Trigonella polyceratia var. pinnatifolia Trigonella polyceratia var. polyceratoides Trigonella polyceratia var. prostrata Trigonella polyceratia var. sericea Trigonella polyceratia var. serratifolia Trigonella polyceratia var. subpinnatifida Trigonella polyceratia var. vulgaris
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