Common name
English: Moon Trefoil
German: Strauch-Schneckenklee
Mandarin: 木本苜蓿 (mu ben mu xu)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Medicago (8)
Epithet: arborea L. (7)
Synonyms: Medicago arborescens C.Presl, Medicago citrina (Font Quer) Greuter, Rhodusia arborea (L.) Vassilcz., Trigonella arborea (L.) Vassilcz.
arborea => like a tree
arborescens => arboreus, like a tree
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Medicago arborea at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [872] Medicago arborea - Plants For A Future database