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Medicago arabica

Authority (L.) Huds. Family Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae Synonyms Common names heart trefoil, heartleaf clover, spotted bur clover, spotted medick, trevo carrapico malhado Editor Ecocrop code 7647

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A procumbent or ascending, herbaceous legume reaching 10-60 cm in height with a purplish black central spot on the leaves, yellow flowers and discoid glabrous pods. USES It is used for pasture, erosion control, and soil-improvement. It makes a good winter pasture. GROWING PERIOD Annual, grown as a winter annual in subtropical areas. Sown in spring the crop may mature in about 120 days but sown in early autumn it may require up to 200 days. COMMON NAMES Spotted burclover, Southern burclover, Spotted medic, Heart medic, Heart trefoil, Southern bur clover, Luzerne d'Arabie, Luzerne hongroise, Luzerne maculee. FURTHER INF Scientific synonym: M. maculata, M. polymorpha, M. arabica. Spotted burclover is probably native of southern Europe, it occur in central and southern Europe, around the Mediterranean and in western Asia and has been introduced in North and South America and Australia. It is common on coast near sites and in woodlands between sea level and 850 m in elevation.
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SOURCES (M. arabica (L.) Huds.) Duke J 1981 pp 148-150 [TEXT, DRA, RAIN, TEMP, PH] Roecklein J 1987 pp 80 [USE] Kernick M 1978 pp 471-516 [TEMP, PH]