Medicago sativa Nothosubsp. Faurei Maire

Characteristics

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
Spread	epizoochory
Mature width (meter)	1.0
Mature height (meter)	0.48 - 0.8
Root system	tap-root
Rooting depth (meter)	1.8
Root diameter (meter)	0.7
Flower color
Blooming months	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	dye fiber fodder green manure medicinal oil
Edible	flowers leaves seeds shoots stems
Therapeutic use	Antioxidants (aerial part), Anxiety disorders (aerial part), Brain diseases (aerial part), Digestive system diseases (leaf), Counterirritant (leaf), Kidney calculi (leaf), Laxatives (leaf), Nervous system diseases (leaf), Night blindness (leaf), Atherosclerosis (seed), Hypercholesterolemia (seed), Hypolipidemic agents (seed), Arthritis (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Gravel (unspecified), Lactagogue (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Intellect (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Diabetes mellitus (unspecified), Hypercholesterolemia (unspecified), Hypoglycemic agents (unspecified), Lipid peroxidation (unspecified), Malnutrition (unspecified), Peptic ulcer (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°)	21
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	21 - 27
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-