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Botanical name – Trigonella foenum-graecum
Family - Leguminosae
Vernacular names

Sanskrit : Methini
English : Fenugreek
Gujrati : Methi
Hindi : Methi
Kannada : Menthe, Mente
Malayalam : Uluva
Marathi : Methi
Oriya : Methi
Punjabi : Methi
Tamil : Mendium, Ventaiyam
Telugu : Mentulu
Urdu : Methi

Geographical distribution

An aromatic annual herbaceous plant to ½ m tall, native of India, NE Africa to central Asia and now cultivated in the Mediterranean, N Africa, Southern Russia, China, Southern U.S.A. and in others. This species has been cultivated and used in food all over India. Both as a spice and a medicinal herb, fenugreek has a long and respected history, dating back to the ancient Indian, Egyptians and Greeks.