Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusMedicago
Scientific name with authorshipMedicago polymorpha L.
Indexed scientific synonyms
? confinus W.D.J.KochMedica apiculata (Willd.) GreeneMedica bimuricata MoenchMedica denticulata (Willd.) GreeneMedica denticulata Bubani, 1899Medica pentacycla (DC.) BubaniMedica polymorpha (L.) Scop.Medica reticulata (Benth.) BubaniMedicago aculeata Gaertn.Medicago apiculata Willd.Medicago apiculata var. confinis W.D.J.KochMedicago apiculata var. legionensis Gand.Medicago berteroana MorisMedicago bimuricata Retz.Medicago bimuricata Retz. ex Steud.Medicago canescens GrahamMedicago caspia GrunerMedicago caspia Gruner ex Boiss.Medicago caspica Jacq.Medicago caspica Jacq. ex Spreng.Medicago catalonica Urb.Medicago ciliaris SaviMedicago confinis (W.D.J.Koch) J.M.BlackMedicago conica SchkuhrMedicago cyrenaea Maire & WeillerMedicago denticulata Boiss.Medicago denticulata Willd.Medicago denticulata subsp. lappacea (Desr.) BallMedicago denticulata subsp. polymorpha (L.) Pit. & ProustMedicago denticulata var. apiculata (Willd.) MorisMedicago denticulata var. brevispina Benth.Medicago denticulata var. caspica (Jacq. ex Spreng.) Grossh.Medicago denticulata var. ciliaris DC.Medicago denticulata var. confinis (W.D.J.Koch) Batt.Medicago denticulata var. lappacea W.D.J.KochMedicago denticulata var. macracantha Webb & Berthel.Medicago denticulata var. macrocarpa Moris & De Not.Medicago denticulata var. oligocarpa RouyMedicago denticulata var. pentacycla (DC.) Boiss.Medicago denticulata var. reticulata (Benth.) Batt.Medicago denticulata var. tuberculata MorisMedicago denticulata var. vulgaris Benth.Medicago distans Poir.Medicago echinata BoucherMedicago flexuosa Ten.Medicago gracillima TineoMedicago gracillima Tineo ex Tod.Medicago gracillima Tineo ex Urb.Medicago hamata C.PreslMedicago heterocarpa Urb.Medicago hirsuta SchkuhrMedicago hispida Gaertn.Medicago hispida f. aculeata Urb.Medicago hispida f. apiculata (Willd.) Urb.Medicago hispida f. breviaculeata Urb.Medicago hispida f. denticulata (Willd.) Urb.Medicago hispida f. inermis Urb.Medicago hispida f. lappacea (Desr.) Urb.Medicago hispida f. longeaculeata Urb.Medicago hispida f. longispina Urb.Medicago hispida f. maculifolia MaireMedicago hispida f. microdon (Ehrenb.) Urb.Medicago hispida f. sardoa (Moris) Asch. & Graebn.Medicago hispida f. serratifolia BlakelockMedicago hispida f. terebellum (Willd.) Urb.Medicago hispida f. tuberculata Urb.Medicago hispida subsp. apiculata (Willd.) Corb.Medicago hispida subsp. confinus (W.D.J.Koch) BurnatMedicago hispida subsp. denticulata (Willd.) Piper & BeattieMedicago hispida subsp. lappacea (Desr.) Bonnier & LayensMedicago hispida subsp. lappacea MenezesMedicago hispida subsp. macrocarpa Urb.Medicago hispida subsp. microcarpa Urb.Medicago hispida subsp. nigra L.Medicago hispida subsp. oligocarpa Corb.Medicago hispida subsp. pentacycla (DC.) Arcang.Medicago hispida subsp. polycarpa (Willd. ex Steud.) Bonnier & LayensMedicago hispida subsp. polygyra (Urb.) Arcang.Medicago hispida subsp. polymorpha (L.) RouyMedicago hispida subsp. polymorpha (L.) Sudre, 1907Medicago hispida var. aculeata (Urb.) RouyMedicago hispida var. apiculata (Willd.) BurnatMedicago hispida var. brachyantha LoweMedicago hispida var. confinis (W.D.J.Koch) BurnatMedicago hispida var. confinus (W.D.J.Koch) BurnatMedicago hispida var. denticulata (Willd.) Asch. & Graebn.Medicago hispida var. denticulata (Willd.) BurnatMedicago hispida var. denticulata (Willd.) Godr.Medicago hispida var. denticulata (Willd.) Urb.Medicago hispida var. gracillima (Tineo ex Tod.) RouyMedicago hispida var. inermis (Urb.) RouyMedicago hispida var. lappacea (Desr.) Urb.Medicago hispida var. lappacea BurnatMedicago hispida var. macracantha (Webb & Berthel.) Briq.Medicago hispida var. macrocarpa Urb.Medicago hispida var. microcarpa Urb.Medicago hispida var. microdon (Batt.) NègreMedicago hispida var. nigra (L.) BurnatMedicago hispida var. nigra (L.) MenezesMedicago hispida var. nigra L.
Documented use categories
Medicine
Human food
Animal food
Environmental use
Poison reported
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier60465997-2
Use codesAF EU HF ME PO
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
USDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2SEPASAL
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Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.