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Medicago polymorpha

Authority L. Family Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae Synonyms Common names burr medick, California bur clover, toothed medick, trevo carrapico da California Editor Ecocrop code 7657

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A herbaceous legume. USES Used for forage and pasture. It is useful for soil renovation, green manure, and winter cover for erosion control. For hay production it is mixed with oats and wheat. KILLING T Adapted to regions with mild winters. GROWING PERIOD Winter annual. Flowers in summer and fall. Should be sown in late summer or fall. The plant it self-pollinated and self regenerating, propagating itself by seeds. COMMON NAMES Burr medic, Burr clover, Burr trefoil, Denticulata medick, California burclover, Toothed burclover, Luzerne herissee, Qurt, Nafal, Nifil, Qatt, Barri, Qaraina, El Nafil, El Shawki, Gerrad, Oqqeil. FURTHER INF Scientific synonyms: M. denticulata, M. hispida, M. lappacea, M. nigra, M. polycarpa. Found up to 1500 m in elevation in the Himalayas and up to 1900 m in Tanzania and it also occur in northern Africa, the Mediterranean region and western Asia. In Turkey it occur at elevations between sea level and 900 m. Often found in dessert regions, on field borders, fallow fields, waste places, ditches, irrigation channels and roadsides. Can become a weed in cultivatet land and pasture. Clover green matter yields are from 3.5-7.5 t/ha and dry matter yields may be from 1.4-2 t/ha.
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SOURCES (M. polymorpha L.) Duke J 1981 pp 155-156 [TEXT, DRA, LIG, LIMIT, SAL, KTMP, RAIN, TEMP, PH] Roecklein J 1987 pp 147 [USE, DRA, PH, LIG, SAL, KTMP] Kernick M 1978 pp 471-516 [TEMP, TEXT, PH, DRA]