White flat beans.

Lentil, an annual twining herbaceous vine, up to 6m long. The stems are often lavender or light green, hairless or sparsely pubescent.

The seeds are flat oval or flat ovoid, with a light yellowish white or light yellow surface, smooth, slightly shiny, some with brown spots, and a raised white half-moon-shaped caruncle on one edge. It is 7-10mm long. After peeling off, a sunken hilum can be seen. There is a micropyle at one end close to the inoculation and a seed ridge at the other end.

It is hard, the seed coat is thin and brittle, and the cotyledons are 2, thick, yellowish white. The smell is slight, the taste is light, and there is a beany smell when chewed. The ones with large, plump and white grains are better. There are 2-5 seeds, flat oval, with white, reddish brown or nearly black hilum and ridge long and raised, and a raised white half-moon shaped caruncle on one edge.

Is white lentil a seed?

It is the white mature seed of lentil, a leguminous plant.