Fenugreek

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Annual

Native distribution

Armenia; Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine

Biocultural value

Maple-scented seeds flavor syrups and candies and are ground for Indian curries.

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Richters

Description

Annual to 60cm. Leaflets obovate, toothed at apex; stipules lanceolate-falcate, entire. Flowers off-white, 1-2 per axil; calyx hairy, teeth subulate, as long as tube. Fruit linear, long-beaked.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

food, medicinal/pharmaceutical, other ethnobotanical uses