Trigonella foenum-graecum (seed)
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| + | | description=A European annual leguminous plant cultivated in southern Europe, Northern Africa and India for its seeds. These are oblong-cylindrical, somewhat compressed, obliquely truncated at each extremity, 3 to 5 mm. in length, brownish yellow externally, internally yellow and marked with an oblique furrow running half their length. [... ''Trigonella''] contain fixed and volatile oils, mucilage, bitter extractive and a yellow coloring substance.}} | ||
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Nomenclature
Trigonella foenum-graecum L. Fabaceae
Standardized common name (English): fenugreek
Ayurvedic name(s): methi; methika
Pinyin name(s): hu lu ba (seed)
Botanical Voucher Specimen
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Organoleptic Characteristics
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Macroscopic Characteristics
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Microscopic Characteristics
High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification
Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ MOBOT, Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100260672
- ↑ MOBOT, Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100192134
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
