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Medicago turbinata
About
Medicago turbinata, the Southern medick, is a plant species of the genus Medicago It is found throughout the Mediterranean basin. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium medicae, which is capable of nitrogen fixation. An unidentified lectin isolated from M. turbinata has shown limited usefulness as a phytohaemagglutinin. The seed weight is 4.66 pounds.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Medicago turbinata
- Slug
- medicago-turbinata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
- Species
- turbinata
- Wikidata QID
- Q4116202
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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