Fabaceae
Medicago platycarpos
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 闊莢苜蓿, 阔荚苜蓿, 黑荚豆, 中亚黑荚豆
Synonyms
- Buceras platycarpos (L.) Moench
- Medicago platycarpos var. potaninii Sumn.
- Melilotoides karkarensis (Semen. ex Vassilcz.) Soják
- Melilotoides platycarpos (L.) Soják
- Melilotoides platycarpos var. karkarensis (Semen. ex Vassilcz.) Yakovlev
- Melissitus karkarensis (Semen. ex Vassilcz.) Golosk.
- Melissitus platycarpos (L.) Golosk.
- Pocockia platycarpos (L.) Boiss.
- Trifillium platycarpos (L.) Medik.
- Trigonella karkarensis Semen. ex Vassilcz.
- Trigonella platycarpos L.
- Trigonella platycarpos var. potaninii Sumnev.
- Trigonella ruthenica Patrin ex Ledeb.
- Triphyllum platycarpos (L.) Medik.
- Turukhania platycarpos (L.) Vassilcz.
Photos

Photo: Елена Радостева, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ilya Filippov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.