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Taxon:  Trigonella corniculata (L.) L.



Summary
Genus:
Trigonella
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40416
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1180. 1759
Verified:
09/02/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Trifolium corniculatum L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Cristurean, I. 1972. Species of the genus Trigonella L. in the flora of India. Rev. Roumaine Biol., Sér. Bot. 17:73.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  5. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
  6. Mahmood, A. & P. Iqbal. 1994. Nodulation status of legume plants in Sindh. Pakistan J. Bot. 26:1-20.
  7. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  8. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Small, E. et al. 1981. The taxonomic value of floral characters in tribe Trigonelleae (Leguminosae), with special reference to Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1581.
  11. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  12. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  13. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
English
sickle-fruit fenugreek –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Israel, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Pakistan
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40416. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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