Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Trigonella L.
Tribe: Trifolieae
References: [454][754][801]

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Common Names:

• Classical Fenugreek [2362]
  
• Common Fenugreek [1862]
  
• Cultivated Trigonella [2443]
  
• Fenugreek [24] [2264] [2960]
  
• Griechischer Bockshornklee [2205]
  
• Methi [2264]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
  • 1993 Adams BR
  • 1995(Europe)Adams BR
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Food and Drink [24] [1862] [1872] [2183]
  
• Forage [754] [2015] [1938] [1883] [1862]
  
• Medicine [1862] [1872] [1938] [2205]
  
• Weed [1862]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Algeria [454]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Kenya [8]
  • Libya [454]
  • Mali [212]
  • Morocco [454]
  • Tanzania [8]
  • Tunisia [454]
  • Zimbabwe [8]

• Asia [1861] [1862] [1872] [1914] [1938] [2015]
  • Afghanistan [1872]
  • India [1862] [1914]
  • Iran [1861]
  • Iraq [1862]
  • Japan [1862]
  • Mongolia [1862]
  • Pakistan [1938]
  • USSR [2015]

• Australasia [1921]
  • Australia [1921]

• Europe [454] [754] [1869] [1883] [2183] [2196] [2205] [2306] [2309] [2443] [2459] [2935]
  • Albania [454] [754]
  • Austria [754]
  • Belgium [754] [2459]
  • Bulgaria [454] [754] [2309]
  • Czechoslovakia [754]
  • France [454] [754]
  • Germany [754]
  • Great Britain [2183]
  • Greece [454] [754]
  • Hungary [754]
  • Italy [454] [754] [1883]
  • Kriti [454] [754] [2306]
  • Malta [454] [2443]
  • Portugal [454] [754]
  • Romania [754]
  • Sardegna [454]
  • Sicilia [454] [2935]
  • Spain [454] [754] [2196]
  • Switzerland [754] [2205]
  • Turkey in Europe [454] [754] [1869]
  • USSR-F.E. [754]
  • Yugoslavia [454] [754]

• Middle East [454] [1862] [1896] [1900]
  • Cyprus [454]
  • East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
  • Israel [1862]
  • Jordan [1862]
  • Kuwait [1862]
  • Lebanon [1862]
  • Saudi Arabia [1900]
  • Sinai [454]
  • South Yemen [1896]
  • Syria [1862]
  • Turkey in Asia [454]
  • Yemen [1896]

• North America
  • United States [1271]

• Pacific Ocean [2264]
  • Fiji [2264]

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Notes:

• Highly aromatic and used mostly for flavouring. [2908]
  
• In Ethiopia consumed traditionally by nursing mothers to increase breast milk. [2908]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:19:38