Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vicia lens subsp. lens [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Vicia lens (L.) Coss. & Germ.
Infraspecies:: Vicia lens subsp. lamottei (Czefr.) H.Schaef., Coulot & Rabaute

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bing dou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gram	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lenteja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lenticchia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lentil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lentilha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lentille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lentille comestible	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lentillon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lins	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
linse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
masur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cicer nigrum Zeyh. Verz. Gew. Gart. Schwezingen: 53 (1818).
Cicer punctulatum Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 366 (1825).
Ervum camelorum Spreng. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 197 (1801).
Ervum dispermum Roxb. ex Willd. Enum. Pl.: 766 (1809).
Ervum himalayense A.Braun & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1852(App.): 3 (1852).
Ervum lens var. abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 196 (1848).
Ervum pilosissimum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 172 (1866).
Lens camelorum Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 2): 97 (1842).
Lens culinaris var. disperma (Roxb. ex Willd.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 586 (1937).
Lens culinaris var. faurei Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 22: 290 (1931).
Lens culinaris subsp. macrosperma (Baumg.) N.F.Mattos Loefgrenia 54: 3 (1971).
Lens culinaris subsp. microsperma (Baumg.) N.F.Mattos Loefgrenia 54: 3 (1971).
Lens disperma Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 2): 97 (1842), not validly publ.
Lens disperma (Roxb. ex Willd.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 205 (1899).
Lens esculenta var. abyssinica (Hochst.) Alef. Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 131 (1861).
Lens esculenta var. himalayense (A.Braun & C.D.Bouché) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 55 (1866).
Lens esculenta var. hypochloris Alef. Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 130 (1861).
Lens esculenta var. macrosperma Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 2: 346 (1816).
Lens esculenta var. microsperma Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 2: 346 (1816).
Lens esculenta var. nigra Alef. Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 130 (1861).
Lens esculenta var. nummularia Alef. Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 130 (1861).
Lens esculenta var. punctata Alef. Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 130 (1861).
Lens esculenta var. subsphaerosperma Godr. Fl. Lorraine 1: 172 (1843).
Lens esculenta var. vulgaris Godr. Fl. France Corse 1: 476 (1848).
Lens esculenta var. vulgaris Alef. Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 130 (1861).
Lens himalayensis (A.Braun & C.D.Bouché) Alef. Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 130 (1861).
Lens sativa F.Heller Fl. Wirceb. 2: 169 (1811).
Lens vulgaris Delarbre Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 472 (1800).
Vicia ecirrata Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 84: 269 (1893).
Vicia lens subsp. subexasperma (Godr.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 207 (1882).
Vicia pisicarpa H.Lév. Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan: 162 (1916).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lens culinaris Medik. subsp. culinaris	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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