Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

Classical Fenugreek

Species recognized by YR Roskov, FA Bisby, JL Zarucchi, BD Schrire & RJ White (eds), ILDIS World Database of Legumes external link in 
IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED external link Showing: scientific names

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Missouri Botanical Garden external link
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Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org external link
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S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 293 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.

Erect annual, 10-50 cm tall, sparingly pubescent to glabrous. Leaflets 1-3 cm long, 5-15 mm broad, obovate to oblanceolate, dentate or incised; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, entire. Flowers 1-2 in leaf axils. Calyx 7-8 mm long, teeth as long as the tube. Corolla yellowish white, sometimes tinged with lilac, 12-18 mm long. Fruit 5-11 mm long, 3-5 mm broad, glabrous or pubescent, tapering into a beak, 1-3.5 cm long, lengthwise reticulately nerved, 10-20-seeded.
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Source and Additional Information
Supplier
Missouri Botanical Garden external link
Copyright
eFloras.org Copyright © Missouri Botanical Garden. Some rights reserved external link
Source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org external link
Project
eFloras.org external link
Editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
Source URL
View original data object external link
Citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 293 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.

Of doubtful origin, widely cultivated. The herb is used as a vegetable and the seed as spice. The plant contains the alkaloid trigonelline and an essential oil and is used as an insect repellent. It is also grown for fodder and soil improvement in some parts of the world.
References
"Trigonella foenum-graecum L.". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/703366". Accessed 21 Mar 2010.