Editing Lentil (section)

== Types ==
[[File:Lentils_red_and_brown.jpg|thumb|Red and brown comparison]]
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Types can be classified according to their size, whether they are split or whole, or shelled or unshelled. Seed coats can range from light green to deep purple, as well as being tan, grey, brown, black or mottled. Shelled lentils show the colour of the cotyledon which can be yellow, orange, red, or green.

'''Red-cotyledon types:'''
* Nipper (Australia)
* Northfield (Australia)
* Cobber (Australia)
* Digger (Australia)
* Nugget (Australia)
* Aldinga (Australia)
* Masoor dal (unshelled lentils with a brown seed coat and an orange-red cotyledon)
* Petite crimson (shelled Masoor lentils)
* Red Chief (light tan seed coat and red cotyledon)

'''Small green/brown-seed coat types:'''
* Eston Green
* Pardina (Spain)
* Verdina (Spain)

'''Medium green/brown-seed coat types'''
* Avondale (United States)
* Matilda (Australia)
* Richlea

'''Large green/brown-seed coat types:'''
* Boomer (Australia)
* Brewer's: a large brown lentil which is often considered the "regular" lentil in the United States<ref>{{cite web |last=Hall |first=Suzanne |title=Lentils 101: What To Do With Lentils And Why Bother |url=https://thechalkboardmag.com/lentils-101-what-to-do-with-lentils-and-why-bother/ |website=The Chalkboard |access-date=6 September 2024 |date=17 March 2014}}</ref>
* Castellana (Spanish)
* Laird: the commercial standard for large green lentils in western Canada<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Slinkard |first1=A. E. |last2=Bhatty|first2=R. S. |title=Laird lentil |journal=Canadian Journal of Plant Science |date=1979 |volume=59 |issue=2 |page=503:504 |doi=10.4141/cjps79-079 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Mason
* Merrit
* Mosa (Spain)
* Naslada (Bulgaria)
* Pennell (United States)
* Riveland (United States)

'''Other types:'''
* Beluga: black, bead-like, lens-shaped, almost spherical, named for resemblance to [[beluga caviar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodsubs.com/Lentils.html|title=Cook's Thesaurus: Lentils|access-date=15 December 2015|newspaper=Foodsubs.com}}</ref> Called Indianhead in Canada.
* ''Macachiados'': big yellow Mexican lentils
* [[Le Puy Green lentil|Puy lentils]] (var. ''puyensis''): Small dark speckled blue-green lentil from France with a [[Protected Designation of Origin]] name
* [[Alb-Leisa]] three traditional genotypes of lentils native to the Swabian Jura (Alps) in Germany and protected by the producers' association Öko-Erzeugergemeinschaft Alb-Leisa (engl. "Eco-producer association Alb-Leisa")