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Taxon:  Nigella sativa L.



Summary
Genus:
Nigella
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:
Ranunculoideae
Tribe:
Nigelleae
Nomen number:
25337
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:534. 1753
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)
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Common names
English
black-caraway –
black-cumin –
fennel-flower –
nigella –
nutmeg-flower –
Roman-coriander –
Arabic
habah al-brekah –
French
nigelle de Crète –
toute épice –
German
Schwarzkümmel –
Portuguese
cominho-negro –
Spanish
ajenuz –
arañuel –
Swedish
svartkummin –
Transliterated Russian
černuška posevnaja –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4Naturalized    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
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Food additivesflavoring Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
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.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
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=25337. Accessed 7 May 2025.