Species within a genus

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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, Bokhara Clover (PS)
Location: (F)
albus, = white, properly dead white, not shining.
(white, particularly a dull rather than a glossy white)
(Alien)
(ld, BL)
Melilotus indicus (La)
Annual Yellow Sweet Clover, Bitterklawer (PS)
Location: (F)
indicus, = of India, Indian;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
indicum, = indigo, a blue pigment for dyeing and painting.
(Alien)
(ld, BL)