Taxon:
Trigonella foenum-graecum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:777. 1753
Verified:
09/02/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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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 Hindi
mehti – Transcribed Korean
horopa –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Dagestan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Turkmenistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Uzbekistan | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Estonia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Lithuania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Moldova | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Europe
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Food additives | flavoring | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Human food | pulse | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
Human food | vegetable | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
Materials | essential oils | used in perfumery | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |