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Fabaceae FAMILY

Trifolium alexandrinum

Trifolium alexandrinum

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Trifolium alexandrinum is an erect to almost prostrate annual plant with stems 40 - 90cm long[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The var alexandrinum is an unbranched or only slightly branched plant with slender, solid stems, whilst var serotinum branches profusely from the base; its stems are thick and fistulous[ 375 Title Grassland Species - Profiles Publication Author Website http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/Default.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse information on over 650 species of plants that grow in grassland, including trees, shrubs and perennial plants as well as grasses. Gives a brief description of the plant, its range and habitat and some of its uses. ]. The plant has long been cultivated as a green manure in Egypt, and since the beginning of the 20th century this cultivation has spread from there to northern India and many Mediterranean countries[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate
Native RangeN. Africa - Egypt; W. Asia - Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
HabitatThe plant arose through cultivation, probably in Syria, and is not known n a truly wild situation.