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Medicago sativa L. (Syn: Medica sativa Lam.; Medicago afganica (Bordere) Vassilcz.; Medicago alaschanica Vassilcz.; Medicago asiatica subsp. sinensis Sinskaya; Medicago beipinensis Vassilcz.; Medicago grandiflora (Grossh.) Vassilcz.; Medicago ladak Vassilcz.; Medicago mesopotamica Vassilcz.; Medicago orientalis Vassilcz.; Medicago pekinensis Vassilcz.; Medicago polia (Brand) Vassilcz.; Medicago praesativa Sinskaya; Medicago praesativa subsp. spontanea Sinsk.; Medicago roborovskii Vassilcz.; Medicago sativa f. alba Benke; Medicago sativa var. grandiflora Grossh. ; Medicago sativa var. tibetana Alef.; Medicago sogdiana (Brand) Vassilcz.; Medicago tibetana (Alef.) Vassilcz.; Trigonella upendrae H.J.Chowdhery & R.R.Rao);
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med-DIK-ah-go — from ancient Greek medike, referring to media
sa-TEE-vuh — cultivated . commonly known as: alfafa, bastard medic, buffal herb, lucerne, purple medic, sand lucerne • Gujarati: વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas • Hindi: लुसन घास lusan ghas • Kannada: ಲುಸರ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು lusarne soppu, ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು vilaayiti hullu • Marathi: विलायती गवत vilayati gavat • Punjabi: ਦੁਰੇਸ਼ਤਾ dureshta, ਸਿੰਝੀ sinjhi • Sanskrit: अश्वाबला ashvabala • Tamil: குதிரை மசால் kutirai macal . Native to: n Africa, Eurasia; widely naturalized / cultivated elsewhere .
Perennial tufted herb with ovate-lanceolate stipules, 10-25 mm long leaflets, white blue or purple flowers in 5-30 flowered racemes or heads on very long peduncles; fruit 5-9 mm, tightly coiled,
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I don’t think at this stage (in flower) it could be used as vegetable. Although tender leaves can be consumed as vegetable, the plants is mostly used as cattle fodder and often cultivated for it. .
Medicago sativa ??021111-PKA2: Yes Medica sativa, very common in Ladakh and Kashmir . Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: -Medicago sativa: Yes … Very common in Ladakh and Kashmir valley, blue is much more commoner. 2nd image appears closer to images at Medicago falcata L.
Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week ::Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) from Uruli Kanchan, Pune:
Sending photos of Alfalfa. Place : Uruli Kanchan, Pune
Date : May 2009 Habitat : Cultivated These are fed to the cows of the Uruli Kanchan Ashram.
Yes … Great to see this in large plantation.
Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Medicago sativa at Rajgurunagar near Pune:
Medicago sativa L. med-DIK-ah-go — from ancient Greek medike, referring to media
sa-TEE-vuh — cultivated May 29, 2010 … at Rajguru Nagar, near Pune The close up of these tiny flowers looks very cute. But why the name ‘Bastard Medic’ for such an important medicinal herb? …. could not find any information on internet regarding reasoning for such name. .    Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: Medicago sativa from Kashmir: Medicago sativa Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 778. 1753. Common names: Alfalfa, Lucerne
Perennial tufted herb with ovate-lanceolate stipules, 10-25 mm long leaflets, white blue or purple flowers in 5-30 flowered racemes or heads on very long peduncles; fruit 5-9 mm, tightly coiled,
Very common in Kashmir valley in pastures and lawns, photographed from Botanical garden in Srinagar, Kashmir I still wonder about the reason of the genus name Medicago for the plant.. . Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Medicago sativa-PKA25:
Bot.name: Medicago sativa (Family: Fabaceae) Date/Time: 18-09-2011 / 01:45PM Location: near Turtuk Village, Ladakh (altitude approx.:11000 ft.) Habitat: Wild Plant habit Herb.
efloraofindia:”For Id 18032013MR1’’ stem with purple flowers at Pune : 3 images.
16/03/2012 requesting identification of this stem with purple flowers. I found this in one of the green leafy vegetables that I purchased. Medicago sativa, alfalfa A beautiful find in the vegetable. Thank you … Yes the flowers were beautiful and so also the leaves which appeared toothed at the tip. I don’t think at this stage (in flower) it could be used as vegetable. It must have come along with some vegetable, although tender leaves can be consumed as vegetable, the plants is mostly used as cattle fodder and often cultivated for it.
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Medicago sativa :: Rajgurunagar :: DVOCT93 : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images.
Medicago sativa L.
at Rajgurunagar on May 29, 2010 . Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Medicago sativa from Kashmir-GSOCT46/51 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Medicago sativa Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 778. 1753. Common names: Alfalfa, Lucerne Perennial tufted herb with ovate-lanceolate stipules, 10-25 mm long leaflets, white blue or purple flowers in 5-30 flowered racemes or heads on very long peduncles; fruit 5-9 mm, tightly coiled,
Very common in Kashmir valley in pastures and lawns, photographed from Botanical garden in Srinagar, Kashmir these flowers are more intensely hued than what we see in north american lawns
Fabaceae (Faboideae)Fortnight:Medicago sativa::Ladakh ::PKA-OCT-51:: : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Seen this herb with trifoliolate leaves near Turtuk Village, Ladakh. very nice pictures but i have never seen alfa alfa to be this intense colored flowers. nice to see this variation
SK101SEP16-1016:ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) This is clearly a member of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae).
Photos not in close-up, the final image out-of-focus with the flowers an foliage unopened. The image showing the young pods does not show much detail. Straggly, maybe depauperate, is the correct description for this specimen. All-in-all, this makes it much harder to be sure.
My initial thoughts are an immature ‘Lucerne’ or ‘Alfalfa’ Medicago sativa – the location fits as is cultivated in irrigated fields but open to other suggestions. Picture not so good quality. It was in a cultivated field.
Altitude: Around 11000
Date: 21August 2014
Habit : Wild
Pl. check
Medicago sativa L. ???
I also think closer to images at Medicago sativa Please help with the English transcribed name of Nepali name लुसर्न घाँस lusarna ghaansa … Wikipedia. Seeking help regarding Nepali name of Medicago sativa L. There is no Nepali name as such. They might have directly translated for lucerne ! Yes, thank you, … The name is transcribed from the foreign name – lucerne, globally popular name for the “queen of forages” – Medicago sativa L.
Medicago sativa from Kashmir – efloraofindia | Google Groups . Medicago sativa- Ladakh: 25 images. . Identification required 866: 3 high res. images. Please check Fabaceae ! Medicago sativa I also agree as per images at Medicago sativa L. . Malayalam names of Medicago sativa L.:
Please help with the English spellings of these Malayalam names: അൽഫാൽഫ and ലുസേൺ … Wikipedia. These are not Malayalam names, and I never heard this kind of Malayalam names. English spellings are: You are correct that the names are not Malayalam, however, those two foreign names are popular world-wide, and can almost be considered as trade names.
As per your regular transcription, I am putting the English transcribed names as follows:
അൽഫാൽഫ – alphaalpha ലുസേൺ – lusen
Please correct me if I am wrong. . Names of Plants in India :: Medicago sativa L.: med-DIK-ah-go — from the ancient Greek medike – meaning medic grass … Dave’s Botanary • PlantUse English
sa-TEE-vuh — cultivated … Dave’s Botanarycommonly known as: alfalfa, buffalo herb, lucerne, purple medic • Gujarati: ગદબ gadab, ઘોડાઘાસ ghodaghaas, લચકો lachko, રજકો rajako, વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas, વિલાયતી મેથી vilayati methi • Hindi: अल्फाल्फा alfalfa, लुसन घास lusan ghas, रिज़का rizka • Kachchhi: રીંજકો rinjako • Kannada: ಆಲ್ಫಾಲ್ಫ alphalpha, ಕುದುರೆ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kudure masaale soppu, ಲುಸರ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು lusarne soppu, ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು vilaayiti hullu • Kashmiri: बेरसीन् baerseen • Konkani: लसुन घास lasun ghaas, लुजेन luzen • Ladakhi: Yarkandi ole • Malayalam: അൽഫാൽഫ alphaalpha, ലുസേൺ lusen • Marathi: लसूण घास lasun ghas, लुजेन lujen, विलायती गवत vilayati gavat • Nepali: लुसर्न घाँस lusarna ghaansa • Punjabi: ਅਲਫਾਲਫਾ alaphalapha, ਦੁਰੇਸ਼ਤਾ dureshta, ਲੂਸਣ lusana, ਸਿੰਝੀ sinjhi • Rajasthani: रिज़का rijka • Sanskrit: अश्वाबला ashvabala • Tamil: குதிரை மசால் kutirai macal • Telugu: అల్ఫాల్ఫా alphalpha • Urdu: برسیم bersim botanical names: Medicago sativa L. … accepted infraspecifics: Medicago sativa subsp. sativa … and more at POWO Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
alfalfa, lucerne
buffalo herb (or buffalo grass), purple medic
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ગદબ gadab, ઘોડાઘાસ ghodaghaas
લચકો lachko
રજકો rajako, વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas
વિલાયતી મેથી vilayati methi
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
अल्फाल्फा alfalfa
लुसन घास lusan ghas, रिज़का rizka
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) … spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
રીંજકો rinjako
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಆಲ್ಫಾಲ್ಫ alphalpha
ಕುದುರೆ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kudure masaale soppu, ಲುಸರ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು lusarne soppu, ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು vilaayiti hullu
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), … spoken in: Kashmir
बेरसीन् baerseen
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
लसुन घास lasun ghaas, लुजेन luzen
~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan (ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་) … spoken in: Ladakh
Yarkandi ole
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala
അൽഫാൽഫ alphaalpha, ലുസേൺ lusen
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
लसूण घास lasun ghas, लुजेन lujen, विलायती गवत vilayati gavat
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) … spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
लुसर्न घाँस lusarna ghaansa
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) … spoken in: Punjab
ਅਲਫਾਲਫਾ alaphalapha
ਦੁਰੇਸ਼ਤਾ dureshta, ਸਿੰਝੀ sinjhi
ਲੂਸਣ lusana
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) … spoken in: Rajasthan
रिज़का rijka
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) … used all over India by priests and scholars
अश्वाबला ashvabala
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu
குதிரை மசால் kutirai macal
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
అల్ఫాల్ఫా alphalpha
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) … spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
برسیم bersim
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
widely cultivated throughout India
~~~~~ x ~~~~~
Kannada names & their English transliteration are correct. In this connection, I wish to state that the name ‘ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು’, adopted from FRLHT ENVIS, when translated to English means FOREIGN GRASS. In my view, it is not an appropriate Kannada word. However, It is up to you to keep the word or omit. Choice is yours. ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು = foreign grass – we will keep this name in our compilation.
Any foreign plant that is cultivated commercially, gets the prefix “foreign” automatically added to the regular regional name. In this instance, it is fodder (thus gets equated to grass), thus it is justified. More such names for this plant, are in Gujarati and Marathi … Gujarati: વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas, વિલાયતી મેથી vilayati methi; Marathi: विलायती गवत vilayati gavat
In Kannada, similar names for other plants, for example are: vilayathi haralu (Jatropha gossypifolia), vilayathi hatthi (Gossypium barbadense), vilayathi mallige (Quisqualis indica), vilayathi tulasi (Hyptis suaveolens)
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