Trifolium Spp

Red Clover

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Scientific Name: Trifolium spp

Common Name(s): Clovers

Edible: yes

Medicinal: yes

Parts Used: leaf

crashdive123 20 Mar, 2010	Familiar weeds of field and wayside with dense compact heads of tiny pealike flowers and 3 leaflets. Numerous species with white, pink, red, or yellow flowes.
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20 Mar, 2010

Use: Salad, cooked green, tea, flour. Although not among the choicest of wild foods, clovers are both abundant and rich in protein. The flowerheads and tender young leaves are difficult to digest raw, but can be eaten in quantity if soaked for several hours in slaty water or boiled for 5-10 minutes. The dried flowerheads make a delicate healthful tea when mixed with other teas. The dried flowerheads and seeds can be ground into a nutritious flour.

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crashdive123 20 Mar, 2010	Buffalo Clover, T. stoloniferum. Flowers white or tinged with red. Leaves branch from stem; leaflets heart shaped (notched at tip). Long basal runners. 4-16 inches tall. Where found: Dry woods, prairies. South Dakota to West Virginia, south to Kansas and Kentucky. Flowers: May – August.
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crashdive123 20 Mar, 2010	White Clover, T. repens. White or tinged with pink. Leaves and flowerhead on separate stalks from a creeping runner. Leaflets with pale triangular markings. 4 – 10 inches tall. Where found: Roadside, lawns, Throughout. Flowers: April – October.
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crashdive123 20 Mar, 2010	Alsike Clover, T. hybridum. Pale pink or whitish. Leaves unmarked; branching from stems. 1-2 feet tall. Where found: Fields, roadsides. Throughout. Flowers: April – October.
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20 Mar, 2010

Red Clover, T. pretense L. Familiar biennial or sort-lived perennial; to 18 inches. Leaves divided into 3 oval leaflets; leaflets fine=toothed, with prominent “V” marks. Flowers pink to red, in rounded heads. Flowers May – September. Where Found: Fields, roadsides. Throughout. Uses: Historically, flower tea has been used as an antispasmodic, expectorant, mild sedative, “blood purifier”; for asthma, bronchitis, spasmodic coughs; externally, a wash has been used as a folk cancer remedy, including the famous Hoxsey treatmena, anf or athlete’s foot, sores, burns, and ulcers. Flowers formerly smoked in anti-asthma cigarettes. Science has not confirmed traditional uses. However, Red Clover contains many biologically active compounds, including phytoestrogenic isoflavones, such as genistein, diadzen, formononetin, and bochanin A, among others Phytoestrogens activate estrogen receptors in mammals. Epidemiological studies provide evidence that certain dietary components can have a significant effect on the incidence and location of cancers in humans. A laboratory study found that biochanin A inhibits the activation of cancer. Warning: Fall or late cut hay in large doses can cause frothing, diarrhea, dermatitis, and decreased milk production in cattle. Deseased clover, externally showing no symptoms, may contain the indolizidine alkaloid slaframine, which is castanospermine, now being studied for anti-AIDS and antidiabetic activity.

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crashdive123 20 Mar, 2010	White Clover – uses: American Indians adopted leaf tea for colds, coughs, fevers, and leucorrhea. In European folk medicine, flower tea is used for rheumatism and gout. Like Red Clover, and probably most clovers, White Clover contains the etrogenic isoflavone genistein, with a multitude of activities, including cancer preventative and antioxidant activity.
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