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Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medik.

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HIGHER TAXON: Vicieae

GENUS: Lens Mill.

Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medik. [Preferred name]
    Ervum lens L. {Synonym}
    Lens esculenta Moench {Synonym}
    Lens lens Huth {Synonym}
    Vicia lens (L.)Coss. & Germ. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Adi Merchi [2138]; Burchak [4334]; Chachavitza Zvychainaya [4282]; Chechevitza Kulturnaya [4123]; Chechevitza Obyknovennaya [2138]; Chechevitza Pishchevaya [2209]; Common Lentil [1862]; Edamas Lecas [3548]; Khuusni Sevegzaram [4672]; Kylvovirvila [4061]; Laats [3547]; Lenteja [1645, 4061]; Lenticchia [4061]; Lentil [210, 1587, 2080, 2183, 2264, 3030]; Lentilha [4061]; Lentille [1915, 4544]; Lins [4061]; Linse [4546]; Linte [4061]; Masur [3030]; Misurupur [4751]; Nask [3549]; Paprastasis Lesis [3567]; Sachavitza [4282]; Sachyouka [4282]; Sochevitza Kharchova [4694]; Soczewica Jadalna [4061]; Valgomasis [3567]; Vosp Utvokh [4048]; Yasmak [4332]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (I) [454]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Kenya (I) [210]; Libya (N) [368]; Morocco (I) [454]; South Africa (I) [483]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Tunisia (I) [454]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
Afghanistan (N) [1862, 1872, 1879, 1881]; Armenia (I) [4048]; Azerbaijan (I) Azerbaijan* [4169]; Bangladesh (I) [3091]; China (N) [1179]; Gruzia (I) [4130]; India (I) [1862, 1914, 3027, 3028, 3040, 3041, 3092, 3094, 3140, 3142, 3144, 3366, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3591, 3604]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3370]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3041]; Madhaya Pradesh [3591]; Maharashtra [3604]; Manipur [3142]; Orissa [3376]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3378]; Iran (N) [1862, 1881]; Iraq (N) [1862, 1881]; Kazakhstan (I) [4519]; Kirgizstan (I) Frunze [4621]; Osh [4621]; Mongolia (I) Khenti [4672]; Selenge [4672]; Tuv [4672]; Nepal (I) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Russia in Asia (I) Altay* [4326, 4475]; Krasnoyarsk* [4475]; Sverdlovsk [4289]; Tyumen [4289]; Sri Lanka (I) [1587]; Tadzhikistan (I) Dushanbe [3549]; Gorno-Badakshan [3549]; Leninabad [3549]; Uzbekistan (I) Kashkadarinskaya [4334]; Vietnam (I) [1937]
  Central America
Guatemala (I) [1645]
  Europe
Albania (I) [754]; Austria (I) [754]; Azores (I) [754]; Balearic Is (I) [454]; Belarus (I) [4157]; Bulgaria (I) [754]; Corsica (I) [754]; Czechoslovakia (I) [754]; Estonia (I) [3547, 4340, 4341]; France (I) [754]; Germany (I) [754]; Greece (I) [754]; Hungary (I) [754]; Italy (I) [754]; Kriti (I) [754]; Latvia (I) [3548]; Lithuania (I) [3567]; Moldova (I) [4123, 4418]; Portugal (I) [754]; Romania (I) [754]; Russia in Europe (I) Bashkiria [4381]; Belgorod [4299]; Chuvashia [4332]; Gorki [4356]; Ivanovo [4650]; Kalinin [4650]; Kaliningrad [4123]; Kaluga [4079]; Karelia [4320]; Kirov [4034]; Komi [4293, 4666]; Kursk [4483]; Lipetsk [4269]; Mari [4026, 4436]; Moscow [4079]; Orel [4504, 4505]; Pskov [4388]; Rostov-Don [4650]; Saratov [4650]; Smolensk [4650]; Tambov [4269]; Udmurtia [4064]; Ulyanovsk [4509]; Vladimir [4650]; Volgograd [4559, 4561]; Vologda [4650]; Voronezh [4079, 4201]; Sardegna (I) [754]; Sicilia (I) [754]; Spain (I) [754]; Switzerland (I) [754]; Ukraine (I) Cherkassy [4694]; Chernigov [4694]; Chernovtsy [4694]; Dnepropetrovsk [4694]; Donetsk [4694]; Ivano-Frankovsk [4694]; Kharkov [4694]; Kherson [4694]; Khmelnitski [4694]; Kiev [4694]; Kirovograd [4694]; Krym [3546, 4079, 4694]; Lvov [4255, 4694]; Nikolaev [4694]; Odessa [4694]; Poltava [4051, 4694]; Rovno [4694]; Sumy [4694]; Ternopol [4254, 4694]; Vinnitsa [4694]; Volynia [4694]; Voroshilovgrad [4694]; Zakarpatskaya [4694]; Zaporozhye [4694]; Zhitomir [4694]; Yugoslavia (I) [754]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [1982]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3067]; Mayotte (I) [3054]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Cyprus (I) [454]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (I) [454]; Israel (N) [1862]; Jordan (N) [1862]; Lebanon (N) [1862]; Saudi Arabia (N) [1896]; Syria (N) [1862]; Turkey in Asia (I) [454]; Yemen (N) [1896]
  North America
United States (I) [1271]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2966]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2086]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]
  South America
Argentina (I) [1140]; Chile (I) [1140]; Colombia (I) [1292]; Ecuador (I) [2233]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 368, 456, 1869, 1915, 2209, 3296, 4067, 4068] ; Distribution Map [4067, 4068, 4293] ; Illustration [368, 456, 1915, 3547, 3567, 4067, 4068, 4123, 4157]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [2209], Not climbing [1915] ; Conservation Status: Cultigen not known in the wild ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Herb [1915] [2209] ; Lifespan: Annual [2209] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Maxted N ; Source(s): 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (CIS) Roskov Yu, SytinA, YakovlevG (SJ2005), 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3030]; Food and Drink [24, 1915, 2086, 2209, 2264, 3030]; Forage [1862, 2209, 3030]; Medicine [1862]; Miscellaneous [3030]; Weed [2209]

  
NOTES:
  Seed protein content is high (about 25%). [2909]
  Constitutes an important source of protein in many communities. [2909]
  World production 3.1 M tonnes on 3.3 M hectares in 2000. [3298]
  E.Barulina (1930, 1937) treated this species as L. esculenta [4068]
  Native to the Middle East. [1915]

  
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