medhika :
Taxonomical Classification
Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Trigonella
Species: Trigonella foenum-graecum
Allied species:
-In Ayurvedic classics, Methika Trigonella foenum is categorized as follows –Haritakyadi Varga
Aushadhi Varga
Pippalyadi Varga
VERNACULAR NAMES
Sanskrit: methika, methini, dipani, gandhaphala, vallari, amnthya, mishrapushpa, kairavi, pitbijaEnglish: fenugreek
Hindi: Methi Danaमेंथी
Urdu: Methi
Telugu: Menthulu
Bengali: Methi মেথি-গাছ
Marathi: Methya
Konkani: Methi
Gujarathi: મેથી
Tamil: Vendayam
Malayalam: uluva
Kannada: Menthya
Punjabi: Menthiya
Arabic: hulba, hilbeh
Spanish: Fenogreco
Japanese: koruha, fenu-guriku
Chinese: 胡芦巴(hú lú bā)
French: Fenugrec
German: Bockshornklee
Burma: Penantazi
Nepal: Menthiyam
Persian: Shanbalileh
Sinhalese: fenugreek
Greek: Fenugreek
Varities:
There are two species of the genus Trigonella viz. Trigonella foenum graecum (common methi) and Trigonella corniculata (Kasuri methi).There are two varieties of Methika Trigonella foenum –
- Laghu methika – It is used as vegetable (Patra shaka).
- Brihat methika – It is used as cattle food (Pashu khadya)
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