*Medicago sativa* L. [image: Medicago sativa subsp. sativa] *med-DIK-ah-go* -- from the ancient Greek *medike* - meaning medic grass ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Medicago> • PlantUse English <https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Alfalfa_(Sino-Iranica)> *sa-TEE-vuh* -- cultivated ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=sativa>
*commonly known as*: alfalfa, buffalo herb, lucerne, purple medic • *Gujarati*: ગદબ gadab, ઘોડાઘાસ ghodaghaas, લચકો lachko, રજકો rajako, વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas, વિલાયતી મેથી vilayati methi • *Hindi*: अल्फाल्फा alfalfa, लुसन घास lusan ghas, रिज़का rizka • *Kachchhi*: રીંજકો rinjako • *Kannada*: ಆಲ್ಫಾಲ್ಫ alphalpha, ಕುದುರೆ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kudure masaale soppu, ಲುಸರ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು lusarne soppu, ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು vilaayiti hullu • *Kashmiri*: बेरसीन् baerseen • *Konkani*: लसुन घास lasun ghaas, लुजेन luzen • *Ladakhi*: Yarkandi ole • *Malayalam*: അൽഫാൽഫ alphaalpha, ലുസേൺ lusen • *Marathi*: लसूण घास lasun ghas, लुजेन lujen, विलायती गवत vilayati gavat • *Nepali*: लुसर्न घाँस lusarna ghaansa • *Punjabi*: ਅਲਫਾਲਫਾ alaphalapha, ਦੁਰੇਸ਼ਤਾ dureshta, ਲੂਸਣ lusana, ਸਿੰਝੀ sinjhi • *Rajasthani*: रिज़का rijka • *Sanskrit*: अश्वाबला ashvabala • *Tamil*: குதிரை மசால் kutirai macal • *Telugu*: అల్ఫాల్ఫా alphalpha • *Urdu*: برسیم bersim *botanical names*: *Medicago sativa* L. ... *accepted infraspecifics*: *Medicago sativa* subsp. *sativa* ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/> Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *alfalfa, lucerne* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa> - The Free Encyclopedia - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1396/e50637e24f1c36bfa26e2c45a9f1ba8d> *buffalo herb (or buffalo grass), purple medic* - New World Encyclopedia <https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Alfalfa> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1396/e50637e24f1c36bfa26e2c45a9f1ba8d> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *ગદબ gadab, ઘોડાઘાસ ghodaghaas* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) *લચકો lachko* - Patel, Mayur & Punjani, Bhasker. (2021). A study of angiosperm diversity in Bayad taluka of Aravalli district, Gujarat. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356913275_A_study_of_angiosperm_diversity_in_Bayad_taluka_of_Aravalli_district_Gujarat> International Journal of Botany. 6. 709-718. - Biological Diversity of Gujarat <https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=53e359a6d4c118a12a8b45b8&assetKey=AS%3A273575079022597%401442236789815> - Published by Gujarat Ecology Commission *રજકો rajako, વિલાયતી ઘાસ vilayati ghas* - ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ <https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B7%E0%AA%AF/%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%8B/> - ગુજરાતી ભાષાનો સર્વપ્રથમ વિશ્વકોશ (એન્સાઈક્લોપીડિયા) *વિલાયતી મેથી vilayati methi* - FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) <https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42197#page/10/mode/1up> by Thakar, Jaikrishna Indraji, 1910 ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan *अल्फाल्फा alfalfa* - विकिपीडिया <https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE> - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश *लुसन घास lusan ghas, रिज़का rizka* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1396/e50637e24f1c36bfa26e2c45a9f1ba8d> ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* region of Gujarat *રીંજકો rinjako* - FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) <https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42197#page/10/mode/1up> by Thakar, Jaikrishna Indraji, 1910 ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಆಲ್ಫಾಲ್ಫ alphalpha* - ವಿಕಿಕೋಟ್ <https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AB%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AB> - ಒಂದು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ *ಕುದುರೆ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kudure masaale soppu, ಲುಸರ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು lusarne soppu, ವಿಲಾಯಿತಿ ಹುಲ್ಲು vilaayiti hullu* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1396/e50637e24f1c36bfa26e2c45a9f1ba8d> ~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~ written in: *Koshur* (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), *Devanagari* (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: *Kashmir* *बेरसीन् baerseen* - Many thanks to Shakir Ahmad for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/7436539696373198?comment_id=686750283334637&reply_comment_id=3397607237235944¬if_id=1694934763784264¬if_t=comment_mention&ref=notif> ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari*, *Kannada*, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: *Goa*, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala *लसुन घास lasun ghaas, लुजेन luzen* - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak ~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~ written in: *Tibetan* (ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་) ... spoken in: *Ladakh* *Yarkandi ole* - this name needs to be put in the native script - Ahmad, Suheel, J. P. Singh and Deepak Kumar Verma. "Inventory of Important Fodder Plants of Ladakh Himalaya. <https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Inventory-of-Important-Fodder-Plants-of-Ladakh-Ahmad-Singh/be5d35c164ad499b50d7c4faa1588dc82e47e3c4>" (2020). ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala* *അൽഫാൽഫ alphaalpha, ലുസേൺ lusen* - വിക്കിപീഡിയ <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%AB> - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *लसूण घास lasun ghas, लुजेन lujen, विलायती गवत vilayati gavat* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1396/e50637e24f1c36bfa26e2c45a9f1ba8d> ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, *Assam*, *Sikkim* *लुसर्न घाँस lusarna ghaansa* - विकिपीडिया <https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B8> - एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश ~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab* *ਅਲਫਾਲਫਾ alaphalapha* - ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ <https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A3> - ਇੱਕ ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਕੋਸ਼ *ਦੁਰੇਸ਼ਤਾ dureshta, ਸਿੰਝੀ sinjhi* - The Panjabi dictionary <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/singh/>. Bhai Maya Singh *ਲੂਸਣ lusana* - ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ <https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A3> - ਇੱਕ ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਕੋਸ਼ ... or *ਲੂਸਰਨ lusarana* ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* *रिज़का rijka* - Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India <http://www.thebiobrio.in/content.aspx?id=57> - The Biobrio 4(1 & 2), 2017 ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars *अश्वाबला ashvabala* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1396/e50637e24f1c36bfa26e2c45a9f1ba8d> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu* *குதிரை மசால் kutirai macal* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1396/e50637e24f1c36bfa26e2c45a9f1ba8d> - Tamil names of Botanical names <https://books.google.com/books?id=EIE5EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false> by Yercaud Ilango ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana* *అల్ఫాల్ఫా alphalpha* - వికీపీడియా <https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AB%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AB%E0%B0%BE> - స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమ ~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka *برسیم bersim* - ويكيپيڈيا <https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85> - آزاد دائرۃ المعارف ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ widely cultivated throughout India - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/1396/e50637e24f1c36bfa26e2c45a9f1ba8d> ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/09/medicago-sativa-l.html Regards. 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