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
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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 | | | | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Cultivated
()
Other
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Food additives | flavoring | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
| Materials | essential oils | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12617.
Accessed 27 December 2024.