Trigonella emodi

Trigonella emodi Benth. (Syn: Melilotus emodi Wall.; Trigonella emodi var. himalaica Sirj.; Trigonella emodi var. himalaica Širj.);

try-go-NEL-uh — three small angles … Dave’s Botanary
¿ emo-DI ? — of or from Himalaya; Latin Emodi Montes refers to Himalaya … Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
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commonly known as: Himalayan fenugreek • Dogri: वन मेथरे van methrey • Garhwali: तुलजिमा tuljima • Kinnauri: तुलजिमा tuljima • Ladakh region: shamilik • Ladakhi: བུག་སུག bugsug • Lahaul-Spiti region: ampang, buksup, kuchona, rebuksu, tuljima • Nepali: मेथी methee • Pahari: मेथी methi, मेथुघा methughaa
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/12/trigonella-emodi-benth.html

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VoF Week :: DV :: 31 JUL 12 – 1225 :: fabaceae herb at Auli:
31 JUL 12
Auli … 8750 – 9000 ft

Habitat: sloping meadow
Habit: procumbent herb about 10 – 20 cm high, about 1 m long, flower (not open) about 15 – 20 mm

Medicago falcata, probably?

… not Medicago falcata; the pods are seen in the second picture – they are straight, about 10 mm long.

Trigonella emodi

Yes Trigonella emodi. In Medicago falcata, pods are sickle-shaped, infl condensed, plant more robust and with bluish=green tinge in leaves.

Himalayan methi…
not sure if has any medicinal value compared to trigonella foenum-graecum the methi we all eat…

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VOF Week: Trigonella emodi ??? en-route Vasundhara Falls:

Seen this herb en-route Vasundhara falls. Flowers were very small in size, almost 5mm.
Family: Fabaceae

I hope yes

Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Trigonella emodi :: Auli :: DVOCT126 : 1 post by 1 author. 2 images.

Trigonella emodi Benth.
at Auli on July 31, 2012

Fabaceae (Faboideae)Fortnight::Trigonella emodi ::en-route Vasundhara Falls::PKA-OCT-74: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)

Seen this herb en-route Vasundhara falls. Flowers were very small in size, almost 5mm.
Family: Fabaceae
Bot. name: Trigonella emodi

Nepali name for Trigonella emodi : 3 posts by 2 authors.
Please help me with Nepali name for Trigonella emodi, if any.

Sorry …, no luck !

मेथी Methee

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Names of Plants in India :: Trigonella emodi Benth. : 2 posts by 2 authors.

via Species‎ > ‎T‎ > Trigonella emodi Benth. … family: Fabaceae

try-go-NEL-uh — three small angles … Dave’s Botanary
¿ emo-DI ? — of or from Himalaya; Latin Emodi Montes refers to Himalaya … Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
commonly known as: Himalayan fenugreek
botanical names: Trigonella emodi Benth. … synonyms: Melilotus emodi Wall. … The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.
July 31, 2012 … Auli

try-go-NEL-uh — three small angles … Dave’s Botanary

¿ em-OH-dee ? — of or from Himalaya; Montes Emodi are the “golden mountains” … refers to Himalaya … Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

commonly known as: Himalayan fenugreek • Dogri: वन मेथरे van methrey • Garhwali: तुलजिमा tuljima • Kinnauri: तुलजिमा tuljima • Ladakh region: shamilik • Ladakhi: བུག་སུག bugsug • Lahaul-Spiti region: ampang, buksup, kuchona, rebuksu, tuljima • Nepali: मेथी methee • Pahari: मेथी methi, मेथुघा methughaa

botanical names: Trigonella emodi Benth. … synonyms listed at POWO, retrieved 28 November 2024

Bibliography / etymology

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Himalayan fenugreek

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved November 28, 2024

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) … spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir … spoken by the Dogras

वन मेथरे van methrey

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook

~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) … spoken in: Uttarakhand

तुलजिमा tuljima

S C Arya & S S Samant – Diversity, Utilization pattern and indigenous uses of useful plant resources in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, West Himalaya, India – International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2019, Vol. 9, Issue 1, pages 10-25

~~~~~ KINNAURI ~~~~~

oral language, written in: Devanagari (किन्नौरी) / Tibetan (ཀིནྣཽརཱི) … spoken in: Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh … many linguistic varieties … spoken by Kinnaura people

तुलजिमा tuljima

Devi, Usha & Sharma, Pankaj & Rana, Jai & Sharma, Aman. (2014). Phytodiversity assessment in Sangla valley, Northwest Himalaya, India. Check List: Journal of species lists and distribution. 10. 740-760. 10.15560/10.4.740.

~~~~~ Ladakh region ~~~~~

shamilik

OSADHI – Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India
the name needs to be rendered in its native script

~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~

written in: Tibetan (ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་) … spoken in: Ladakh

བུག་སུག bugsug

Abdul Hamid, Anil K. Raina, Ethnobotanical uses of Plants in and Around Kanji Wildlife Sanctuary, North West Himalaya, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 3 Issue 11, November 2014, pp. 538-545
spelling in Tibetan script sought from – Rangjung Yeshe Wiki – Dharma Dictionary … བུག་སུག bugsug = bird’s foot-trefoil

~~~~~ Lahaul and Spiti region ~~~~~

languages spoken: Lahuli (Stod Bhoti) | Spiti | Nyamkat | Bhoti Kinnauri | Tukpa (Nesang)

ampang

Singh, Ashok & Lal, Manohar & Samant, S.. (2009). Diversity, indigenous uses and conservation prioritization of medicinal plants in Lahaul valley, proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, India. International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management. 5. 132-154. 10.1080/17451590903230249.
the name needs to be rendered in its native script

buksup, kuchona

Kumar, Puneet, Singhal, Vijay Kumar, Ethnobotany and Ethnomedicinal Uses, Chromosomal Status and Natural Propagation of Some Plants of Lahaul-Spiti and Adjoining Hills, Journal of Botany, 2013, 248943, 14 pages, 2013.
Singh, Ashok & Lal, Manohar & Samant, S.. (2009). Diversity, indigenous uses and conservation prioritization of medicinal plants in Lahaul valley, proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, India. International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management. 5. 132-154. 10.1080/17451590903230249.
the names need to be rendered in their native script

rebuksu

Singh, Koushalya Nandan. “Traditional knowledge on ethnobotanical uses of plant biodiversity: a detail study from the Indian western Himalaya“. Biodiversity: Research and Conservation no. 28 (2012): 63-77.
Singh, Ashok & Lal, Manohar & Samant, S.. (2009). Diversity, indigenous uses and conservation prioritization of medicinal plants in Lahaul valley, proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, India. International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management. 5. 132-154. 10.1080/17451590903230249.
the name needs to be rendered in its native script

tuljima

Devi, Usha & Sharma, Pankaj & Ahmad, Anees & Khan, Asma. (2023). Wild plant resources used as food in Spiti Valley: A cold arid zone of Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies. 11. 106-114. 10.22271/plants.2023.v11.i4b.1576.
Singh, Ashok & Lal, Manohar & Samant, S.. (2009). Diversity, indigenous uses and conservation prioritization of medicinal plants in Lahaul valley, proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, India. International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management. 5. 132-154. 10.1080/17451590903230249.
the name needs to be rendered in its native script

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) … spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

मेथी methee

Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name … efloraofindia

~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) … variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand

मेथी methi

Raghuvanshi D, Dhalaria R, Sharma A, Kumar D, Kumar H, Valis M, Kuca K, Verma R, Puri S. Ethnomedicinal Plants Traditionally Used for the Treatment of Jaundice (Icterus) in Himachal Pradesh in Western Himalaya-A Review. Plants (Basel). 2021 Jan 25;10(2):232. doi: 10.3390/plants10020232. PMID: 33504029; PMCID: PMC7910824.

मेथुघा methughaa

Om Prakash, SS Samant, AK Yadava, Vijay Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Amit Singh. Diversity, distribution and indigenous uses of wild edible plants used by the tribal community (Pangwal) in Pangi valley, Chamba of Himachal Pradesh, North- Western Himalaya. Int J Chem Stud 2020;8(3):2424-2437. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i3ai.9573

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand

Ladakh :: OSADHI – Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India
Hassler, Michael (1994 – 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.11; last update November 5th, 2024. Last accessed 28/11/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 20:11 28-11-2024 ¦ Last updated: 20:51 01-12-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/12/trigonella-emodi-benth.html

Medicago spfor Id assistance, Himachal Pradesh- June -2017 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)
Kindly identify this medicago species found near Baspa Valley, Himachal Pradesh, June -2017.

Thanks, … Pl. Check comparative images at EFI site.

I think closer to images at Trigonella emodi Benth. as per comparative images at ‎Trigonella

Thank you … for the help ! yes indeed it looks close to it .