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Enriched botanical record

Cuminum cyminum

Cuminum cyminum L.

Also indexed ascumin plantRoman carawayspice carawaycuminRoman cuminspice cumincheese cuminBroddkúmen
FamilyApiaceae
GenusCuminum
Use categories5
Linked notes7

Botanical identity

This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.

KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderApiales
FamilyApiaceae
GenusCuminum
Scientific name with authorshipCuminum cyminum L.

Indexed scientific synonyms

? cuminum L.Cumimum cyminum L.Cuminia cyminum J.F.Gmel.Cuminum aegyptiacum MératCuminum aegyptiacum Mérat ex DC.Cuminum cyminum subsp. hispanicum (Mérat ex DC.) LangeCuminum cyminum var. hispanicum (Mérat ex DC.) LangeCuminum cyminum var. setosum Boiss.Cuminum hispanicum Bunge, 1852Cuminum hispanicum MératCuminum hispanicum Mérat ex DC.Cuminum odorum Salisb.Cuminum officinale GarsaultCuminum sativum J.Sm.Cuminum sudanense H.WolffCyminon longeinvolucellatum St.-Lag.Ligusticum cuminum (L.) CrantzLuerssenia cyminum (L.) KuntzeSelinum cuminum (L.) E.H.L.Krause

Documented use categories

Medicine
Human food
Environmental use
Gene source
Material

These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.

How to interpret this record

Evidence boundary

A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.

Safety boundary

Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.

Dataset record and provenance

DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier840882-1
Use codesEU GS HF MA ME
Crop wild relativeNo

Contributing checklist sources

Kew Economic Botany CollectionUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Plant Resources of South-East AsiaPlant Resources for Tropical AfricaUseful Plants of West Tropical Africa

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Educational index, not a treatment recommendation

The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.

Connected preparations

Where Cuminum cyminum appears.

Published field notes linked to this botanical identity. Each preparation carries its own safety and evidence boundary.

Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Powder of Colds

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Cumin Plaster

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Cumin Plaster, No

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Plaster of Plasters

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Syrup of Poppy, four ounces, SYDENHAM’S Laudanum, forty drops,

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Plaster of Gum ammoniac

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Cumin Plaster

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Ethnobotanical layer

Traditional-use records for Cuminum cyminum.

Historical associations preserved from the USDA Dr. Duke dataset. These records are not treatment recommendations.