Caraway

Carum carvi

  • Caraway
  • Caraway
  • Flower name
    Caraway
  • Scientific name
    Carum carvi
  • Aliasヒメウイキョウ, 姫茴香, Caraway, Meridian fennel, Persian cumin
  • Place of originWest Asia
  • Place of floweringCut flowers, flower arrangement, Field
  • Flowering seasonMay, June

What is Caraway

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Caraway, scientific name:Carum carvi , is native to Western Asia, and a flowering biennial of the department Apiaceae , of the genus Carum. Leaves, salad, premature seeds incense with food and sweets, seeds medicinal (digestion).

Common name: Caraway, scientific name:Carum carvi, aka: carum carvi , origin: West Asia, height: 50 cm, leaf: alternate, pinnately compound leaves, leaf arrangement, color: white, Flowering period: May - June, the inflorescence form: umbel, fruit shape: spheroid / ellipse, seeds: Crescent-shaped, fruit color: Fawn, fruit length:0.3cm, uses: cut flowers, sauerkraut, pickles, Netherlands sake "Cymer", bread, biscuits, stew, utility: digestion, bad breath turn


  • Order
    Apiales
  • Family
    Apiaceae
  • Genus
    Carum
  • Species
    C. carvi
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Scattered inflorescence/ umbrella shape
  • Petal shape
    Five-petal
  • Leaf type
    Pinnate compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeFlowering biennial
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorBrown
  • Height30.0 ~ 50.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.2 ~ 0.3 cm

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