Carum
Encyclopedia
Carum is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plant
s in the family Apiaceae
, native to temperate regions of the Old World
. The most important species is Caraway
(C. carvi), the seeds of which are widely used as a culinary spice
.
Carum bulbocastanum is nowadays placed in Bunium
and usually synonymized with Bunium persicum
.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Apiaceae
Apiaceae
The Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
, native to temperate regions of the Old World
Old World
The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....
. The most important species is Caraway
Caraway
Caraway also known as meridian fennel, or Persian cumin is a biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to western Asia, Europe and Northern Africa....
(C. carvi), the seeds of which are widely used as a culinary spice
Spice
A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for flavor, color, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth. It may be used to flavour a dish or to hide other flavours...
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Carum bulbocastanum is nowadays placed in Bunium
Bunium
Bunium is a genus of flowering planta in the Apiaceae, with 45 to 50 species....
and usually synonymized with Bunium persicum
Bunium persicum
Bunium persicum is a plant species in the family Apiaceae. It is related to cumin and commonly called "black cumin", though this term is ambiguous and if anything refers to the unrelated Nigella sativa more often than to B. persicum...
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