Lens culinaris Medik. (Syn: Ervum lens Wall.; Vicia lens (L.) Cosson & Germ.; Vicia pisicarpa H. Lév.; Ervum lens L.; Lens esculenta Moench; Lens lens Huth; Vicia lens (L.) Coss. & Germ.; (=) Cicer lens (L.) Willd.; (=) Lentilla lens (L.) W. Wight ex D. Fairchild);
It is a bushy annual plant of the legume family, grown for its lens-shaped seeds. It is about 40 centimetres (16 in) tall and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each (Ref. Wikipedia)
Illustration of the lentil plant, 1885
Original book source: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany; Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber
Jan2015sk15 Hooghly – Lens culinaris Medik. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)
Cultivated here, in small scale.
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Lens culinaris- Cultivated:: Morni :: NS OCT 84/84 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)
This culinary herb was shot from Morni Hills… Lens culinaris ..
Masoor :: Nashik :: ARKFEB-10 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Saw many masoor fields near Saptashrungi, Nashik in Feb 2017. They were in harvest stage.
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