Agricultural
sainfoin, common sainfoin
True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
Asymmetrically obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Yellow
Coarse teeth toward top of margins; sides coarsely reticulate.
Indehiscent pod's sides are coarsely reticulate.
Seed usually enclosed in an indehiscent podPod:
A dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants (beans, peas). Also known as a legume.
. Hulled seeds are about 3 mm long, semicircular in shape, and dark reddish-brown in color. The hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
lies in a shallow indentation near the middle of the straight edge of the seed.
Not listed
Not included
Fabaceae
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.
Hedysarum onobrychis L.
Onobrychis sativa Lam.
Onobrychis viciaefolia Scop., orth. var.
