Trigonella foenum-graecum

Fenugreek

Annual herb suitable for areas with insufficient moisture for berseem. Sometimes used as a short-rotation catch crop after sugar cane or cotton. Apart from its palatable green fodder, the seeds are used as a condiment. Reported to impart a disagreeable taste to milk.

As % of dry matter

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Fresh aerial part,

India

15.7

31.1

8.8

2.1

42.3

1.47

0.22

436

Seeds, India

27.2

1.0

4.0

7.8

60.0

0.88

0.30

379

Pod husks, India

11.3

4.2

3.0

2.9

78.6

0.66

0.14

"

Hay, Spain

82.3

10.0

35.1

10.8

2.2

41.9

533

Digestibility (%)

Animal

CP

CF

EE

NFE

ME

Ref

Hay

Sheep

59.3

42.6

32.9

69.9

1.21

533

Amino acid composition as % of crude protein

Aerial part

Ref

251

Arg

Cys

Gly

His

Ils

Leu

Lys

Met

Phe

Thr

Try

Tyr

Val

6.8

-

-

1.6

5.1

7.9

4.3

1.8

5.1

5.2

1.9

-

5.9

Seed

Ref

485

Arg

Cys

Gly

His

Ils

Leu

Lys

Met

Phe

Thr

Try

Tyr

Val

9.2

1.2

4.4

2.0

4.5

6.8

6.0

1.3

3.8

3.0

1.6

2.5

3.4