Fabaceae
Sweetclover
Melilotus suaveolens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Melilotus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Azerbaijani
- Ətirli xəşənbül
- Chinese
- 草木樨, 草木犀
- English
- Sweetclover
- Japanese
- シナガワハギ
- Russian
- Донник ароматный, Донник душистый
- Swedish
- Kinesisk sötväppling
- Vietnamese
- Nhãn hương
Synonyms
- Melilotus graveolens Bunge
- Melilotus officinalis f. suaveolens (Ledeb.) H.Ohashi & Tateishi
- Melilotus officinalis subsp. suaveolens (Ledeb.) H.Ohashi
- Sertula suaveolens Kuntze
- Trigonella suaveolens (Ledeb.) Coulot & Rabaute
Photos
Photo: Natalya, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ina, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dschigel, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dschigel, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.