Fabaceae

Sickle-fruit fenugreek

Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Trigonella

Pets and kids

CatsNot sure
DogsNot sure
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Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Sickle-fruit fenugreek: Junge Pflanzen des Bockshornklees — Photo: Yak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (92)

ace: Haleuba
aeb: حلبة
Afrikaans: Fenegriek
Amharic: ኣብሽ
Arabic: حلبة, الحلبة, الحلبة الرومية, بسبسة
Armenian: Այծառվույտ, Բլթենի, Հացհամեմ, Հոռոմ-չաման, Հունական խոտ, Շամբալա
arz: حلبة
Assamese: মেথি
azb: چمن اوْتو
Azerbaijani: Samanlıq güldəfnəsi, Güldəfnə, Yem güldəfnəsi, Şəmbələ
Bangla: মেথি
Basque: Ailorbe
Belarusian: Пажытнік грэцкі
Bhojpuri: मेथी, मेथी दाना, मेथी साग
bo: ཤུ་མོ་ཟ་
Bulgarian: Обикновен сминдух, Сминдух, Тилчец, Чимен
Cantonese: 胡蘆巴
Catalan: Fenigrec
Central Kurdish: شمڵی
Chinese: 胡芦巴, 葫蘆巴, 嘉本草, 红花胡卢巴, 胡卢巴, 胡卢巴*(胡芦巴）, 芸香, 葫芦巴
Czech: Pískavice řecké seno, Pískavice
Danish: Almindelig Bukkehorn, Bukkehorn
Divehi: އޯބަތް
Dutch: Fenegriek, Bokshoornklaver, Fenugriek
English: Sickle-fruit fenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek, Fenugreek
Esperanto: Fenugreko
Estonian: Põld-lambalääts
Finnish: Rohtosarviapila, Sarviapila
French: Fenugrec, Fenu grec, Trigonelle
Galician: Alforfa
Georgian: Სოლინჯი
German: Bockshornklee, Fenugreek, Griechisch Heu, Kuhhornklee
grc: Τῆλις
Greek: Τριγωνέλλα η Ελληνική, Μοσχοσίταρο, Ντηλιλίνα, Ντοντιλίνα, Στροφύλι, Τήλι, Τηντελίδα, Τριγωνίσκος
Gujarati: મેથી
Hausa: Fenugreek
Hebrew: גרגרנית יוונית, גרגרנית החילבה, חילבה, שמבלילה
Hindi: मेथी
hsb: Kozyradka
Hungarian: Görögszéna
Icelandic: Grikkjasmári
Indonesian: Kelabat, Fenugreek, Halba, Klabet
Italian: Fieno greco
Japanese: フェヌグリーク, シャンバリーレ, フェネグリーク, メッチ, メッチシード, メティシード, メティーシード, 胡廬巴
Javanese: Kelabat
kab: Tifidas
Kannada: ಮೆಂತೆ, ಮೆಂತ್ಯ
Korean: 큰노랑꽃자리풀, 호로파
Kurdish: Şembelîk, شەمبەلیک
lah: میتھی
Latvian: Grieķu trigonella
Lithuanian: Vaistinė ožragė
lzh: 胡盧巴
Macedonian: Пискавица
mad: Klabhet
Maithili: मेथी
Malay: Halba
Malayalam: ഉലുവ, Fenugreek, വെന്തയം
Marathi: मेथी
mzn: شمبلیله
Nepali: मेथी
Norwegian Bokmål: Bukkehornkløver
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bukkehornkløver
Odia: ମେଥି
Pashto: ملخوزه
Persian: شنبلیله
Polish: Kozieradka pospolita, Fenegryka, Kozieradka lekarska
Portuguese: Feno-grego, Alforva
Punjabi: ਮੇਥੀ
Romanian: Schinduf
Russian: Пажитник сенной, Пажитник греческий, Фенугрек, Хельба, Чаман, Шамбала
Sanskrit: मेथिका, दीपनी
Serbian: Пискавица
Sindhi: ھرٻو
Sinhala: උළුහාල්
Slovak: Senovka grécka
Slovenian: Triplat, Grško seno, Mnogosemenski triplat
Somali: Xulbad
Spanish: Alhova, Cemen, Chemen, Fenogreco, Foenugraecum officinale, Foenugraecum sativum, Helba
Swedish: Bockhornsklöver
Tamil: வெந்தயம், வெந்தயக் கீரை, வெந்தயக்கீரை
tcy: ಮೆತ್ತೆ
Telugu: మెంతులు, మెంతికూర, మె౦తికూర
Thai: ลูกซัด
Turkish: Çemen otu, Buyotu, Çemen, Çemen tozu, Çemenotu
Ukrainian: Гуньба сінна, Пажитник
Urdu: میتھی
Uyghur: غالچەك
Vietnamese: Cỏ ca ri, Hồ lô ba
Welsh: Ffenigrig
wuu: 胡芦巴
Yiddish: באקסהארן

Synonyms

Buceras foenum-graecum (L.) All.
Buceras odoratissima Medik.
Fenugraecum officinale Czechov
Foenum-graecum officinale Moench
Foenum-graecum officinale var. cultum Alef.
Foenum-graecum officinale var. gladiatum Alef.
Foenum-graecum officinale var. prostratum Alef.
Foenum-graecum officinale var. rhodanthum Alef.
Foenum-graecum officinale var. tibetanum Alef.
Foenum-graecum sativum Medik.
Folliculigera graveolens Pasq.
Medicago foenugraeca (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Telis foenumgraecum (L.) Kuntze
Trigonella ensifera Trautv.
Trigonella foenum-graecum subsp. culta Gams
Trigonella foenum-graecum subsp. indica Sinskaya ex Soskov & Bairamov
Trigonella foenum-graecum subsp. jemenensis Serp.
Trigonella foenum-graecum var. haussknechtii Širj.
Trigonella graeca St.-Lag.
Trigonella haussknechtii (Širj.) Vassilcz.
Trigonella jemenensis (Serp.) Sinskaya
Trigonella rhodantha (Alef.) Vassilcz.
Trigonella tibetana (Alef.) Vassilcz.
Xiphostylis erectus Gasp.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Yak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.