Trigonella foenum-graecum, L.
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Trigonella foenum-graecum |
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23. T. foenum-graecum L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. I l l (1753).
Stems 10-50 cm, sparsely pubescent. Leaflets 20-50 x 10-15 mm, obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, denticulate. Flowers solitary or paired, subsessile. Calyx 6-8 mm, the teeth about as long as tube; Corolla 12-18 mm, yellowish-white tinged with violet at the base. Legume (excluding beak) 60-110 x 4-6 mm, erect or patent, linear, somewhat curved, glabrous or glabrescent, with longitudinal veins; beak (10-)20-30 mm. Seeds c. 5 x 3 mm, quadrangular, somewhat compressed, yellow or pale brown, finely tuberculate. 2« =16. Cultivated for fodder, mainly in C. & S. Europe, and widely naturalized. [Al Au Be Bu Cr Cz Ga G e G r He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Rs Si Tu.] (?S.fV. Asia.)
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