Taxon:
Cuminum cyminum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:254. 1753
Verified:
05/20/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
cumin – French
cumin de Malte – German
Kreuzkümmel – India
safed-zira – zira – Italian
cumino – Portuguese
cominho – Spanish
comino – Swedish
spiskummin – Transcribed Chinese
zi ran qin –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
6 | Other | | | | | possible origin c. Asia or Egypt |
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Other
(possible origin c. Asia or Egypt)
Economic Uses
Food additives
Materials
essential oils (used in perfumes & cosmetics fide Ency CNatIn) – Medicines
folklore (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –