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Lucerne or alfalfa is widely cultivated as fodder.
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Description
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Mostly erect to suberect perennial herbs, 30-60 cm, pubescent to subglabrous. Leaflets 5-20 mm long, 3-10 mm broad, obovate to sublinear, dentate at apex, appressed pubescent; entire or dentate at base. Inflorescence a peduncled raceme, peduncle much longer than petiole. Calyx teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 6-12 mm long, violet to pale lavender. Fruit falcate or in a loose spiral of 11-4 turns, glabrous to appressed pilose, 10-20-seeded.
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Distribution
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Probably a native of the Mediterranean region and W. Asia, now introduced and naturalised widely in the temperate regions of the world.
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Distribution
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Distribution: Pakistan, India, Central Asia to Europe, Orient and N. Africa; widely cultivated.
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