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'''''Trigonella''''' is a large genus from the family [[Fabaceae]], with about 130 species.<ref> CRC Handbook of Flowering, Abraham H. Halevy, 1989, CRC Press, ISBN 0849339162</ref> The best known member is the herb [[Fenugreek]].
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Trigonella (Latin, a little triangle; probably referring to the shape of the fls.). Leguminosae. Annual or perennial herbs, usually strong-smelling: lvs. pinnately 3-foliate; lfts. with the veins often running out into teeth; stipules adnate to the petiole: fls. yellow, blue, or white, solitary, capitate, somewhat umbellate or shortly and densely racemose, sessile or peduncled at the axils: calyx tubular; petals free from the stamens, standard obovate or oblong; wings oblong, keel shorter than the wings, obtuse; stamens 9 and 1; ovary sessile or short-stipitate, many-ovuled: pod sometimes thick and long-beaked, sometimes linear, compressed or terete.—About 58 species, 1 from Austral., the others from Eu., Asia, and extra-Trop. Afr.
 
Trigonella (Latin, a little triangle; probably referring to the shape of the fls.). Leguminosae. Annual or perennial herbs, usually strong-smelling: lvs. pinnately 3-foliate; lfts. with the veins often running out into teeth; stipules adnate to the petiole: fls. yellow, blue, or white, solitary, capitate, somewhat umbellate or shortly and densely racemose, sessile or peduncled at the axils: calyx tubular; petals free from the stamens, standard obovate or oblong; wings oblong, keel shorter than the wings, obtuse; stamens 9 and 1; ovary sessile or short-stipitate, many-ovuled: pod sometimes thick and long-beaked, sometimes linear, compressed or terete.—About 58 species, 1 from Austral., the others from Eu., Asia, and extra-Trop. Afr.
 
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*''[[Trigonella arabica]]'' (Delile)
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*''[[Trigonella caerulea]]'' (L.)  blue fenugreek
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*''[[Trigonella calliceras]]'' (Fisch.)
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*''[[Trigonella corniculata]]'' (L.) cultivated fenugreek
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*''[[Trigonella cretica]]'' (L.)
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*''[[Trigonella foenum-graecum]]'' (L.) sicklefruit fenugreek
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*''[[Trigonella gladiata]]'' (Steven ex M. Bieb.)
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*''[[Trigonella hamosa]]'' (L.) branched fenugreek
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*''[[Trigonella monantha]]'' (C.A. Meyer)
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*''[[Trigonella monspeliaca]]'' (L.) star-fruited fenugreek  
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*''[[Trigonella orthoceras]]'' (Kar. & Kir.)
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*''[[Trigonella polycerata]]'' (L.)
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*''[[Trigonella procumbens]]'' (Bess. Reichenb.) trailing fenugreek
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*''[[Trigonella purpurascens]]''  (Lam.) birdsfoot fenugreek
  
 
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Plant Characteristics
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Trigonella is a large genus from the family Fabaceae, with about 130 species.[1] The best known member is the herb Fenugreek.


Read about Trigonella in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Trigonella (Latin, a little triangle; probably referring to the shape of the fls.). Leguminosae. Annual or perennial herbs, usually strong-smelling: lvs. pinnately 3-foliate; lfts. with the veins often running out into teeth; stipules adnate to the petiole: fls. yellow, blue, or white, solitary, capitate, somewhat umbellate or shortly and densely racemose, sessile or peduncled at the axils: calyx tubular; petals free from the stamens, standard obovate or oblong; wings oblong, keel shorter than the wings, obtuse; stamens 9 and 1; ovary sessile or short-stipitate, many-ovuled: pod sometimes thick and long-beaked, sometimes linear, compressed or terete.—About 58 species, 1 from Austral., the others from Eu., Asia, and extra-Trop. Afr. CH


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  1. ↑ CRC Handbook of Flowering, Abraham H. Halevy, 1989, CRC Press, ISBN 0849339162
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