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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:
264 (264  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


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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
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Food additivesflavoring Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Human foodpulse Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Human foodvegetable Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Materialsessential oils Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40421. Accessed 23 December 2024.

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