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Taxon:  Trigonella foenum-graecum L.



Summary
Genus:
Trigonella
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40421
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:777. 1753
Verified:
09/02/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
6 (6  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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Common names
English
fenugreek –
Greek hay –
Greek-clover –
French
fenugrec –
German
Bockshornklee –
Spanish
alholva –
Swedish
bockhornsklöver –
Transcribed Chinese
hu lu ba –
Transcribed Korean
horopa –
Distribution
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Food additives
flavoring (spice fide Ency CNatIn) –
Human food
pulse (fide CultTropS) –
Materials
essential oils (used in perfumery fide Ency CNatIn) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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