Honey bees
Nectar value
Medium
Pollen value
Medium
Pollinator plant
Black Medick
Medicago lupulina
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Herbaceous
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 0.50 m high × 0.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 4-8
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Leaves, Seed
- Functions
- Nitrogen fixer, Pollinator plant
- Edibility
- 2 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 1 out of 5
Leaves: cooked. Cooked leaves have a similar texture to leafy greens when eaten. Seeds: cooked. The seeds are dried and can be eaten directly or ground into powder. It is believed that the seeds contain trypsin inhibitors.