Natural High Quality Fenugreek

Fenugreek is the Chinese name for fenugreek, also known as fenugreek, in the Trigonella family of legumes. Annual plant. Height: 30-80 cm, well-developed roots, erect stems, pinnately trifoliate, petioles spreading. Flowers sessile, Calyx Tubular, Corolla yellow-white or yellowish, ovary linear, pods cylindric, seeds oblong-ovate. Flowering 4-7 months, fruiting 7-9 months. Distributed in China, the eastern Mediterranean, the Himalayas and other places, born in the fields, roadside.

Characteristics: annual plant, 30-80 cm tall. Taproot up to 80 cm deep in the soil, well-developed roots. Stems erect, Terete, much branched, puberulent. Stipules entire, membranous, base attached to Petiole, Apex Acuminate, hairy; petiole spreading, 6-12 mm long; leaflets long obovate, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, subequal, 15-40 mm long, 4-15 mm wide, apex obtuse, base Cuneate, margin upper part with triangular cuspidate teeth, glabrous above, sparsely pilose below, or bald, lateral veins 5-6 pairs, inconspicuous; terminal leaflets with longer petiolules. Flowers sessile, 1-2 borne in leaf axils, 13-18 mm; Calyx Tubular, 7-8 mm long, villous, calyx teeth lanceolate, tapered, as long as Calyx; Corolla yellow-white or yellowish, base slightly bluish, long-obovate, apex deeply concave, ovary Linear, puberulent, style short, stigma capitate, ovules numerous. Pod cylindric, 7-12 cm long, 4-5 mm in Diam. , straight or slightly curved, glabrous or slightly pilose, apex with slender beak, beak about 2 cm long (including sterile part of upper ovary) , back seam thickened, surface with obvious longitudinal reticulation, with 10-20 seeds. Seeds oblong-ovate, 3-5 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, Brown, uneven surface. Flowering 4-7 months, fruiting 7-9 months.

Efficacy：For kidney cold, cold pain in the lower abdomen, small intestinal hernia, cold and Wet Beriberi.

Eatable：One of the essential ingredients used to make curry spices, Hoohupa is widely used in Indian cooking. The young stems and leaves can be used as vegetables. The stems, leaves or seeds can be dried and mixed with flour to be steamed and used as flavor enhancer. As the thickener and improver of ice cream, instant noodle, canned food, quick-frozen food and instant noodle in food industry, it plays an important role in keeping the color, aroma, taste, structure and relative stability of food. It can make ice cream and other dairy products have creamy and greasy taste. It can also be used as a stable emulsifier to control the formation of ice crystals in frozen foods and inhibit the dehydration of products.