Showing Food Green lentil
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Name | Green lentil | ||||||||||
Scientific Name | Lens culinaris | ||||||||||
Description | Green lentil is a small annual legume of the pea family and it is edible seed.Green lentils can be pale or mottled green-brown in color with a glossy exterior.They have a robust, somewhat peppery flavor.It is used chiefly in soups and stews, and the herbage is used as fodder in some places. | ||||||||||
Primary ID | FOOD00970 | ||||||||||
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Group | Pulses | ||||||||||
Sub-Group | Pulses | ||||||||||
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Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
Order | Fabales | ||||||||||
Family | Fabaceae | ||||||||||
Genus | Lens | ||||||||||
Species | culinaris | ||||||||||
Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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ITIS ID | Not Available | ||||||||||
Wikipedia ID | Not Available | ||||||||||
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Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. |