English: Bockshornklee; Bockshornsame; Fenugreek; Bird's Foot; Egypt Fenugreek; Greek Clover; Greek Hay.
Synonym: Trigonella foenumgraecum; Foenumgraecum officinale; Foenum graecum sativum; Foliculigera graveolens.
German: Kuhhornklee; Griechisch-Heu; Bockshornsame.
Name: means Greek hay.
Names: Alholva; Hu Lu Ba; Medhika; Methi; Methika; Trigonelle; Woo Lu Bar.
Content: alkaloids, trigonelline, choline, carpaine; flavonoids, naringenin, lilyn, kaempferol, vecenin-1, tricin 7-O-D glucopyranoside, saponaretin, isovitexin, isoorientin. orientin, vitexin, luteolin, quercetin; cumarins, methyl coumarin, trigocumarin, trimethyl coumarin; steroids; saponins, fenugrin, foenugracin, glycoside, yamogenin, trigonoesides, smilagenin, gitogenin, sarsasapogenin, yuccagenin, hederagin, diosgenin, tigonenin, neotigogenin; antioxidants; phenolics, gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, catechin, gentisic acid, chlorogenic acid, vanillic acid, syringic acid.
Use: in curry.
Source: Culpepper, Potter.
BotanySeeds: brownish yellow; long, oblong rhomboid; with a deep furrow almost dividing the seeds. taste of celery or lovage; odour, similar.