Trigonella

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Scientific Names
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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 The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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