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Taxon:  Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague ex Turrill



Summary
Genus:
Trachyspermum
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Nomen number:
36803
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929:228. 1929
Comment:
no evidence that Sprague contributed any part of this work
Verified:
11/01/1985 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
Basionym
Sison ammi L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ammi copticum L.
Carum ajowan ined.
Carum copticum (L.) C. B. Clarke
Trachyspermum copticum (L.) Link
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Reference(s)
  1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: lists as Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  7. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  8. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  9. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  10. Kumar, R. 2008. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  11. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  13. Mukherjee, P. K. & L. Constance. 1993. Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) of India Note: lists as Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague
  14. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  15. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  16. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  17. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: lists as Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague; = T. copticum (L.) Link
  18. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  19. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague
  20. van Wyck, B. E. 2012. Review of Apiaceae Southern Africa data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  21. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina. Note: lists as Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague
Common names
English
ajowan –
bishop's-weed –
Ethiopian-caraway –
kummel –
French
ammi de l'Inde –
German
indischer Kümmel –
India
ajawa –
ajowan –
ajwain –
Sanskrit
ajamoda –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia native?
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (native?)
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Naturalized
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
Food additivesflavoringspiceTurrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=36803. Accessed 3 May 2025.