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Trigonella foenum-graecum

Scientific Name
Trigonella foenum-graecum
Family Name
Fabaceae
Common Names
Fenugreek
Local Names
Methi (India), Uluhal (Sri Lanka)
Description
An aromatic annual herb. Leaves pinnate, trifoliate, stipules not toothed; leafletsoblanceolate-oblong, slightly dentate. Flowers white, borne singly or in pairs in leafaxils; calyx teeth linear; corolla much exerted. Fruits with a long, persistent beak,often falcate, 10-20-seeded. Seeds greenish-brown, oblong with a deep groove acrossone corner. (India)
Uses
Leprosy, vomiting, bronchitis, piles, dysentery, boils, boils, ulcers, swellings, burns,hair loss (India)
Dropsy, aphrodisiac, dyspepsia, carminative, diarrhoea, purgative, rheumatism,gonorrhea (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Trigonella foenum-graecum (GRIN)

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