Red lentils
| Title | Info |
|---|---|
| Common name | Lentils, red |
| Scientific name | Lens culinaris |
| Taxonomic group | Fabaceae |
| Source | Dan L. Perlman |
| Economic botany | Food plants |
| Food plants | Legumes |
| Keywords | Leguminosae |
| Date | 1998 |
Red lentils. Lentils have been cultivated for about 10,000 years, beginning in the Fertile Crescent of southwestern Asia. From there, humans began cultivating them quite widely, in Europe, Egypt, India, and China. [reconcile captions 304 and 337? Or leave different since one shows greens and the other seeds?]
