Lens culinaris Medic.

Lens culinaris Medic. is a herb, size is usually 15 inches tall, is annual. Plants can have single stems or many branches depending upon the population in the field. The lentils plant grows best in light and dry soil. The lentil plant is a 12-18 inch high, low, bushy, weakly upright to semi-viny annual having the general appearance of vetch. It has many soft, hairy branches with pinnately compound leaves and numerous oval leaflets. The broad, smooth pods are only 1/2 inch long. Each pod bears two seeds which are thin, lens-shaped, usually smaller than pea seed, and of various colors including brown and yellow. A bushel of dry seeds weighs about 60 pounds, and a pound contains 6,000-12,000 seeds.

Lens culinaris Medic.'s Seeds round and flattened, lens-shaped, yellow to brown in color. The seeds grow in short broad pods, each pod producing two or three thin lens-shaped seeds. Seed color varies from yellow to brown and may be mottled, although mottled seeds are not desirable for marketing, dried seeds of many varieties of Lens esculenta, they may be green, yellow, or orange-red.

Lens culinaris Medic.'s Flower white and blue in color

The pharmacological actions of Lens culinaris Medic.'s Seeds are Aphrodisiac, Nourishing.

The indications of Lens culinaris Medic.'s Seeds are Small Pox, Constipation, Ulcers, Intestinal Affections, Slow-healing sores.

The active constituents of Lens culinaris Medic. are Iron, Phosphorus, Proteins [22-34.6%], Vitamin B.

The active constituents of Lens culinaris Medic.'s Seeds are Ash [2.1 g], Calcium [68 mg], Calories [100 g of dried seeds contain 340-346 g], Carbohydrates [65 g], Fat [0.6 g], Fiber [4 g], Iron [7 mg], Moisture [12%], Niacin [1.3 mg], Phosphorus [325 mg], Potassium [780 mg], Proteins [20.2 g], Riboflavin [0.33 mg], Sodium [29 mg], Thiamine [0.46 mg].