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The lentil (Vicia lens or Lens culinaris) is a legume; it is an annual plant grown for its lens-shaped edible seeds, also called lentils. It is about 40 cm (16 in) tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each. Lentil seeds are used around the world for culinary purposes.
Macrotyloma uniflorum (horsegram, also known as horse gram, kulthi bean, gahat, hurali, or Madras gram [2]) is a legume native to tropical southern Asia, known for its distinct taste and texture, widely used legume in many cuisines. It is also known for human consumption for its rich nutrients and reputed medicinal properties.
Macrotyloma is a genus of plants in the legume family which include several species of edible beans. Some species are also used as fodder for livestock. [1] Species include: Macrotyloma africanum (Brenan ex R. Wilczek) Verdc. Macrotyloma axillare (E. Mey.) Verdc. - perennial horse gram; Macrotyloma daltonii; Macrotyloma densiflorum; Macrotyloma ...
Vicia means 'binder' in Latin; this was the name used by Pliny for vetch. [17] The vetch is also referenced by Horace in his account of "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" as ervum. [18] This is said to be a source of comfort for the country mouse after a disturbing insight into urban life.
Articles relating to the lentil (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta), an edible legume. It is an annual plant known for its lens-shaped seeds. It is about 40 cm (16 in) tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each. As a food crop, the majority of world production comes from Canada, producing 45% of the world's total lentils.
The black gram or urad bean [a] (Vigna mungo) is a bean grown in South Asia.Like its relative, the mung bean, it has been reclassified from the Phaseolus to the Vigna genus. The product sold as black gram is usually the whole urad bean, whereas the split bean (the interior being white) is called white lentil.
Legumes are widely distributed as the third-largest land plant family in terms of number of species, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with about 751 genera and some 19,000 known species, [7] [8] constituting about seven percent of flowering plant species.
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...