Plant Details

Accepted name:: Elwendia persica (Boiss.) Pimenov & Kljuykov [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bhotia jira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhotia-jira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
black caraway	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
black cumin	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
black-caraway	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bunium persidskiy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
daghrasperkai	Other	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
gov-zira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kala jira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kala zeera	Other	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
kala zera	Other	Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
kala-zirah	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalazira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalo jeera	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013)
kamoun-e-kermāni	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
moninga riza	Other	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
persiya ziresi	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
pilappu shiragam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shah-zirah	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
shahi jira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shahi-jira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shemaishiragam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shime jeerige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siah-zirah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simajilakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thorazera	Other	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
tora zeera	Other	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
tora zera	Other	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
wild cumin	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
zankai	Other	Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003) Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
zeera siah	Other	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011) Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
zera	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
zira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
zire kermani	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zireh siah	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
زیره کرمانی	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
كمون کرمانی	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Seeds		Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Fruits and leaves		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
fruits		Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
Seed		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
fruit		Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
leaves	ground leaves	Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
fruit		Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011)
Fruit		Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
fruits	dried fruits	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
fruit		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seeds, fruits, tubers		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B.Fedtsch. Rastitel'n. Turkestana: 612 (1915).
Carum heterophyllum Regel & Schmalh. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 586 (1877).
Carum persicum Boiss. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 1: 138 (1844), nom. cons.
Pimpinella cyminosma (Basiner) Koso-Pol. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou, n.s., 28: 180 (1914 publ. 1915).
Sium cyminosma Basiner Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 2: 204 (1844).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bunium percicum (Boiss.) Fedtsch.	Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
Bunium persicum	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009) Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Bunium persicum (Boiss) Fedtsch.	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011) Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B.	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B. Fedtsch	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B. Fedtsch.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B.Fedtsch.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
Bunium persicum (Boiss.) Fedt.	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Bunium persicum (Boiss.) Fedtsch	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Bunium persicum B. Fedtsch	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
Bunium persicum B. Fedtsch.	Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017) Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bunium persicum B.Fedtsch.	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
Bunium persicum Bois.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013)
Elwendia persica (Boiss.) Pimenov & Kljuykov	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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