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MELILOTUS
(
G
)
Melilotus (
Le
)
Family:
FABACEAE
meli, = honey; lotos, = the name of several plants; the Greek lotus, a kind of clover or trefoil. (flowers resembling Lotus (q.v.) and are honey-smelling)
(
LS
,
Le
)
Melilotus abus
(
La
)
Bokhaargras(
PS
) Bokhara Clover
Location: (
F
)
albus, = white, properly dead white, not shining. (white, particularly a dull rather than a glossy white)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Melilotus indicus
(
La
)
Annual Yellow Sweet Clover(
PS
) Bitterklawer
Location: (
F
)
indicus, = of India, Indian; -icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’. indicum, = indigo, a blue pigment for dyeing and painting.
(
ld
,
BL
)