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Other use

Cultivated for fruit. Used as flavouring in bread, sauerkraut,cheese & 'seedcake', liqueur since time of Pliny.
Mabberley, D.J. (1997) The Plant Book, ed.2, Cambridge University Press

Geographical distribution

  • Africa, Northern Africa, Tunisia
  • Asia-Temperate, Caucasus
  • Asia-Temperate, China
  • Asia-Temperate, Middle Asia, Kyrgyzstan
  • Asia-Temperate, Middle Asia, Tadzhikistan
  • Asia-Temperate, Middle Asia, Turkmenistan
  • Asia-Temperate, Mongolia
  • Asia-Temperate, Russian Far East
  • Asia-Temperate, Siberia
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Afghanistan
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Iran
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Iraq
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Turkey
  • Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India
  • Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Nepal
  • Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Pakistan
  • Europe, Eastern Europe
  • Europe, Middle Europe
  • Europe, Northern Europe
  • Europe, Southeastern Europe
  • Europe, Southwestern Europe

Carum carvi L.

Family: APIACEAE
Genus: Carum
Species: carvi L.
Common names: Caraway
Pharmacopoeia Londinensis name: Carum
Distribution summary: Europe, W.Asia
Habit: Annual
Habitat: Wasteland and well drained soils
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Pharmacopoeia Londinensis 1618 'Seeds & Grains' (HSE 7)
Flowering months: June, July
Reason for growing: Medicinal, other use


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