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Melilotus indicus

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q159138
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Summary

Melilotus indicus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Melilotus[4]
  • Taxon name: Melilotus indicus[5]
  • Has use: fodder[6], green manure[7], medicinal plant[8], fiber[9]
  • Commons category: Melilotus indicus[10]
  • Has basionym: Trifolium indicum[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Melilotus indicus[12]
  • Commons gallery: Melilotus indicus[13]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 42(2)[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24000[15]
  • Short name: M. indicus[16]
  • Taxon common name: Kleinblütiger Steinklee[17], annual yellow sweetclover[18], sweet clover[19], Küçük taş yoncası[20], 印度草木樨[21], Kleine honingklaver[22], komonice indická[23], mélilot des indes[24], snall melilot[25], Indischer Honigklee[26], intianmesikkä[27], 野苜蓿[28], 蛇蜕草[29], 天蓝楷[30]
  • Invasive to: Shanghai[31]

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Identifiers

Melilotus indicus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57065[32]. Melilotus indicus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 200951[33]. Melilotus indicus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 703242[34]. Melilotus indicus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2971016[35]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 503741[36] and 26152[37].

Why It Matters

Melilotus indicus has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [34] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [31] ↑ . Diversity of invasive species in Shanghai. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 503741, 26152
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'ceb', 'co', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa',
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  2. 28d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → melilotus-indicus
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  3. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Apni id → 114975, 231970
    Invasive to → Shanghai, Brazil
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  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Santa Catarina +9
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Has use → fodder, green manure, medicinal plant +1
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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