& C.I.Blanche) Post Trigonella berythea (Beirut fenugreek, Arabic: حلبة بيروت) is a plant species in the legume family.
The petiole is equal in length to or longer than the leaflets, which are obovate, with a cuneate base, and have the upper side slightly obtuse and only obscurely dentate.
This species is closely related to Trigonella foenum-graecum but differs from it in the narrower and longer stipules, the oblong-spathulate leaflets with ciliate teeth, the legumes which are less compressed and have a more strongly marked reticulated surface, traversed by fine nerves that are somewhat distant from each other.
[5][4] The species was discovered by Emmanuel-Louis Blanche, observed in April 1843 and 1850 near the promontory of Ras Beirut, and in the hills and foothills of the Lebanon mountains above Sidon.
Ethanol and Aqueous extracts of the plant, namely the leaves and stem, inhibited the growth by 60% of MCF7 (breast cancer) and U937 cell lines.