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Taxon:
Nigella sativa
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Nigella
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:
Ranunculoideae
Tribe:
Nigelleae
Nomen number:
25337
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:534. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/20/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Babu, C. R.
1977. Herbaceous flora of Dehra Dun.
Cufodontis, G.
1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
Davis, P. H., ed.
1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Nigella+sativa&quantity=1
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds.
1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Meikle, R. D.
1977-1985. Flora of Cyprus.
Migahid, A. M.
1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
Mouterde, P.
1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest.
1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Zohary, M.
1983. The genus
Nigella
(Ranunculaceae) - a taxonomic review. Pl. Syst. Evol. 142:94.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
Common names
English
black-caraway –
Reference(s)
black-cumin –
Reference(s)
fennel-flower –
Reference(s)
nigella –
Reference(s)
nutmeg-flower –
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Roman-coriander –
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Arabic
habah al-brekah –
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French
nigelle de Crète –
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toute épice –
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German
Schwarzkümmel –
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Portuguese
cominho-negro –
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Spanish
ajenuz –
Reference(s)
arañuel –
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Swedish
svartkummin –
Reference(s)
Transliterated Russian
černuška posevnaja –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iraq
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
2
Cultivated
widely cult.
4
Naturalized
sometimes natzd. from Mediterranean region to c. Asia
Native
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Iraq
,
Turkey
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
(sometimes natzd. from Mediterranean region to c. Asia)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Food additives
flavoring
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
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.
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Name
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