EPPO Global Database

Medicago falcata(MEDFA)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-16

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MEDFA
  • Preferred name: Medicago falcata
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Euromediterranean (except south), Caucasus, Western Asia, Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, China, Mongolia. Introduced in Siberia, Russian Far East, Japan, southwest Mediterranean, South Africa, USA, Argentina


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Medicago borealis Grossheim
Medicago glandulosa (Mertens & Koch) David
Medicago kotovii Wissjulina
Medicago romanica Prodan
Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (Linnaeus) Arcangeli
Medicago tenderiensis Klokov

Common names
Name Language
sickle medick English
yellow alfalfa English
yellow-flower lucerne English
gelbe Luzerne German
Sichelklee German
Sichelluzerne German
luzerne en faucille French
luzerne en faux French
luzerne faucille French
luzerne jaune French
alfalfa amarilla Spanish
alfalfa falcada Spanish
almelca Spanish
carretones Spanish
mielga Spanish
erba-medica falcata Italian
medica gialla Italian
sikkelklaver Dutch
cassoa Portuguese
feno-da-borgonha Portuguese
gullusern Swedish
люцерна серповидная Russian
люцерна синяя Russian
segl-sneglebælg Danish
gull-lusern Norwegian
sirppimailanen Finnish
kart yonca Turkish
aspeset chermeshit Hebrew
אַסְפֶּסֶת חֶרְמֵשִׁית Hebrew
lucerna sierpowata Polish
sárkereplucerna Hungarian
jonxha e verdhë Albanian
jonxhë Albanian
жълта люцерна Bulgarian
сърновидна люцерна Bulgarian
alfals bord Catalan
yě mù xù Chinese
野苜蓿 Chinese
srpasta vija Croatian
tolice srpovitá Czech
sirplutsern Estonian
sirpjveida lucerna Latvian
geltonžedė liucerna Lithuanian
lucernă galbenă Romanian
жута луцерка Serbian
српаста дуњица Serbian
lucerna kosákovitá Slovak
tolica kosákovitá Slovak
srpasta meteljka Slovene
люцерна залозиста Ukrainian
люцерна котова Ukrainian
люцерна румунська Ukrainian
люцерна тендерська Ukrainian