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Carum carvi L. Carum caucasicum Boiss. Apiaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

Part of the book series: European Ethnobotany ((EUROETH))

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Synonyms

Carum carvi L.: Carum gracile Lindl.; Carum rosellum Woronow; Apium carvi Crantz.; Foeniculum carvi (L.) Link; Carvi careum Bubani

Carum caucasicum Boiss.: Carum humile Boiss. Et Bal.; Laserpitium caucasicum M. B. f.; Cnidium carvifolium M. B. Fl.; Cnidium venosum W. D. J. Koch

Local Names

Armenia: Carum sp.: (Kimon sovorakan); Azerbaijan: Carum carvi: Adi zirə; Georgia: Carum carvi: – k’vliavi, – ts’q’altkondara, – gitsrul (Svanetian), – zira (Kartlian, Upper Rachian.), – k’vlia (Pshavian, Khevsurian), – mk’vliavi (Mokhevian, Mthiuletian.) – ts’q’lis kondari (Tushetian) (Makashvili 1991); English: Carraway.

Botany and Ecology

Carum carvi L.

A perennial or biennial herb, erect and entirely glabrous. Root is spindle-shaped and fleshy. Stems 20 to 80 cm tall, angled and with ridges. Lower leaves narrow, triangular to oblong and 2-pinnately compound. End segments ovate and deeply lobed. The petiole is shorter than the rachis. Upper leaves sheathing around stem. Leaves with...

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  1. Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Naiba Mehdiyeva, George Fayvush & Valida Alizade

  2. Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia

    Alla Aleksanyan

  3. Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Ketevan Batsatsashvili, Manana Khutsishvili, Inesa Maisaia, Shalva Sikharulidze & David Tchelidze

  4. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Zaal Kikvidze

  5. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología-UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana

  6. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Mehdiyeva, N. et al. (2016). Carum carvi L. Carum caucasicum Boiss. Apiaceae. In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50009-6_21-1

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