Carum carvi L

Botanical Name:

Carum carvi L

Family Name:

Umbelliferae

Local Name:

Hayyo

Urdu Name:

Sia Zira

English name:

Caraway Seeds

Part used:

Fruit

Flowering:

June - July

Description:

A perennial herb 60 to 70 cm tall, branched glabrous, leaves bipinnatisect segments filiform to lanceolate or oval lower leaves petiolate, upper sessile, base sheathing, sheath margin white. Flowers white or rose color, calyx teeth obscure; fruit pedicels very unequal fruit ovoid to oblong yellowish brown; root fusiform, elongated.

Habitat:

It is found all over Gilgit /Baltistan in different pastures.

Medicinal uses:

Fruit is carminative, stomachic and lactagogue. Both fruit and oil possess aromatic stimulant.

Locally, it is used as condiment and spice.

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