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Fabaceae

Medicago platycarpos (L.) Trautv.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Medicago

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Medicago platycarpos: Medicago platycarpa
Photo: Елена Радостева, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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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.

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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.