小扁豆(Lens culinarisMedik)又名滨豆、兵豆、洋扁豆、鸡眼豆等。起源于亚洲西南部和地中海东部地区,在土耳其西部、伊拉克等地都有野生分布。全世界约40个国家和地区种植小扁豆,亚洲是最主要的产区之一,据资料介绍1990年种植面积最大的国家依次为印度、土耳其、孟加拉、叙利亚、加拿大、尼泊尔、巴基斯坦和墨西哥。我国种植历史悠久,主要分布在陕西、甘肃、宁夏、山西、内蒙古、云南和西藏等省区。近年来种植面积保持在10万hm2,固原地区约1.6万hm2。 Lentils (Lens culinarisMedik), also known as Hamamoto, Cassia beans, lentils, eyed peas and so on. Originated in southwestern Asia and the eastern Mediterranean, in western Turkey, Iraq and other places have wild distribution. In the world, about 40 countries and regions planted lentils. Asia is one of the major producing areas. According to the information, the largest planted areas in 1990 were India, Turkey, Bangladesh, Syria, Canada, Nepal, Pakistan and Mexico. China has a long history of cultivation, mainly in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan and Tibet provinces. In recent years, planting area remained at 100000 hm2, Guyuan area about 16000 hm2.