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ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
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| Name: |
Lens culinaris Medik. subsp. culinaris
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| Rank: |
Subspecies |
| Status: |
ACCEPTED
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| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): |
Regnum - Plantae
Divisio - Tracheophyta
Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
Class - Magnoliopsida
Superordo - Rosanae
Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
Tribus - Vicieae
Genus - Lens Mill.
Species - Lens culinaris Medik.
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Synonyms:
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Ervum lens L. |
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Lens esculenta Moench |
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Lens lens Huth |
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Vicia lens (L.) Coss. & Germ. |
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| Comments: |
Constitutes an important source of protein in many communities., E.Barulina (1930, 1937) treated this species as L. esculenta, Native to the Middle East., Seed protein content is high (about 25%)., World production 3.1 M tonnes on 3.3 M hectares in 2000. |
| Common names: |
Adi Merchi (Azerbaijan), Chachavitza Zvychainaya (Belarusian), Chechevitza Kulturnaya (Russian), Chechevitza Obyknovennaya (Russian), Chechevitza Pishchevaya (Russian), Common Lentil (English), Edamas Lecas (Latvian), Kylvovirvila (Finnish), Laats (Estonian), Lenteja (), Lenticchia (Italian), Lentil (English), Lentilha (Portuguese), Lentille (English), Lins (Swedish), Linse (German), Linte (Roumanian), Paprastasis Lesis (Lithuanian), Sachavitza (Belarusian), Sachyouka (Belarusian), Sochevitza Kharchova (Ukraine), Soczewica Jadalna (Polish), Valgomasis (Lithuanian), Vosp Utvokh (Armenian)[Credits] |
| Conservation Status: |
Cultigen not known in the wild |
| Maps: |
distribution |
| Occurrence: |
Ir Jo Le Sy [Ab(A) AE(G) Ag Al Ar Au(A) Az Bl Bu By Co Cr Cy Cz Es Ga(F) Ge Gg(A D G) Gr He Hs(S) Hu It Ju La Lt Lu Ma Mo Rf(C CS E K N NW S) Rm Sa Si(S) Tn Tu(A) Uk(K U)] |
| Use: |
Chemical products, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Weed |
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