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
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | spice | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Materials | essential oils | used in perfumes & cosmetics | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |