Fabaceae

Lens culinaris

Lens MILLER Lens culinaris MEDİK. Ömür: Tek yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 4 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Habitat: tarlalarda ürün arsızları olarak Minimum yükseklik: 0 Maksimum yükseklik: 1500 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: KB., G. ve D. (Mezopotamya) Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Avrupa, Asya Bulunduğu kareler :A2 B6 C6 C8 C9

L. culinaris Medik. in Vorles Churpf. Phys. Ges. 2:361 (1787). Zhukovsky, Turquie Agricole (1933); Zaitschek in Pal. J. Bot. Jer. ser. 1:55 (1938). Syn: Ervum lens L., Sp. P1. 738 (1753); Lens esculenta Moench, Meth. 131 (1794). Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 22: t. 265 (1903). Slender, pilose annual, 20-40 cm tall. Lower leaves mucronate, the upper with simple tendrils; leaflets mostly 5-7-paired, elliptic to oblong-linear, 7-15 x 1.5-3.5 mm. Stipules entire oblong-lanceolate, unappendaged. Peduncles 1-3-flowered, aristate, as long as or shorter than leaf. Calyx 6-8 mm, teeth much longer than tube. Corolla pale mauve or white, subequal to calyx. Legume broadly rhomboid, (10-)12-14 mm, glabrous. Seeds 3.5-6.5 mm. Fl. 4-6. Field crop, and persisting as a weed, s.1.-1500 m.   Described from S. France.   Scattered. A2(A) Istanbul: Kartal to Yakacık, 14 vi 1896, Azn.! C6 Hatay: nr. Alexandretta (Iskenderun), Meincke. C8 Mardin: Kiziltepe, 600m, D. 28655! C9 Mardin: Cizre to Hessana, foot of Cudi Da., 500-700 m, D. 42750! Is: Rod-hos. Salakos. 22-23 iv 1926. Ferrini.   Widely cultivated in Europe and Asia, etc., for its seeds (lentils, Turkish mercimek) and used as fodder. The following Turkish specimens are ± intermediate between L. culinaris and L. orientalis: B6 Sivas: Zara - Sivas road, 1500 m, Stn. & Hend. 5334! C6 Gaziantep: 30 km S of Gaziantep, cultivated crop, D. 28011!