Ammi majus L., Sp. Pl. 243 1753. (Syn: Aethusa ammi Spreng.; Ammi boeberi Hell. ex Hoffm.; Ammi broussonetii DC.; Ammi cicutifolium Willd. ex Schult.; Ammi elatum Salisb.; Ammi glaucifolium L.; Ammi intermedium DC.; Ammi majus var. glaucifolium (L.) Noulet ….; Ammi pauciradiatum Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Ammi pumilum (Brot.) DC.; Anethum pinnatum Ruiz & Pav. ex Urban; Apium ammi Crantz [Illegitimate]; Apium ammi-maius Crantz; Apium candollei M.Hiroe; Apium petraeum Crantz; Apium pumilum (Brot.) Calest. [Illegitimate]; Carum majus (L.) Koso-Pol.; Cuminum aethiopicum Royle; Cuminum regium Royle; Daucus glaber Parsa [Illegitimate]; Daucus glaber Parsa [Illegitimate]; Daucus parsae M.Hiroe; Selinum ammoides E.H.L. Krause; Sison pumilum Brot.);
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Albania, Baleares (Mallorca, Menorca), Corsica, Crete, France, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Spain, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Slovenia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Canary Isl. (Hierro, La Palma, Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote), Ethiopia, Eritrea, Turkey (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus), East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, Egypt (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley), European Turkey, Iran (NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, W-Iraq: Desert), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert), Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania), Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Asir, Nejd Desert), Sinai peninsula (N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Syria (C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, NW-Syria), Qatar (I), Yemen (SW-Yemen, W-Yemen), Ukraine, European Russia (I), Estonia (I), Crimea (I), Sweden (I), Pakistan (I) (Baluchistan (I), Pakistani Punjab (I)), Jammu & Kashmir (I) (Poonch (I)), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Louisiana (I), Missouri (I), Mississippi (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), South Carolina (I), South Dakota (I), Texas (I)), South Africa (I) (widespread), Costa Rica (I), Cuba (I), Bahamas (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), Galapagos Isl. (I), Argentina (I) (Buenos Aires (I), Chaco (I), Chubut (I), Entre Rios (I), Formosa Prov. (I), La Pampa (I), Salta (I), Santiago del Estero (I), Santa Fe Prov. (I)), Brazil (I), Venezuela (I), Uruguay (I), Haiti (I), Mexico (I), Guatemala (I), Honduras (I), El Salvador (I), Dominican Republic (I), Colombia (I), Bolivia (I), New Caledonia (I), China (I), Japan (I), Tajikistan (I) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Common names: Bishop’s weed, bullwort, lady’s lace, laceflower
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Annual herb with linear lanceolate leaflets with serrate margin; flowers small, white, in compound umbels; involucre bracts linear, trifid; involucel bracts linear; petals with unequal lobes; fruit about 2 mm.
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Annual herb used in skin diseases, vitiligo and psoriasis. It is being studied for potential cancer and AIDS treatments.
. Apiaceae Fortnight: Ammi majus from Nauni Campus-GSJUNE02/03 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Also from Churdhar trip photographed on May 28, 2015. Apiaceae Fortnight (June 2015):: Ammi majus from Nauni (H.P.):: NS-22/22 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (6)
This was shot from a medicinal plant garden at Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan…
Ammi majus Ammi majus L., Sp. Pl. 243 1753.
syn: Carum majus (L.) Koso-Pol.; Cuminum regium Royle Common names: Bishop’s weed, bullwort, lady’s lace, laceflower
Annual herb used in skin diseases, vitiligo and psoriasis. It is being studied for potential cancer and AIDS treatments.
Ah, beautiful AJWAIN….. of my grandma’s must have medicine in the kitchen….
to this day even I keep it in the kitchen… allopathic medicine’s dogmas not withstanding… . Apiaceae Fortnight: Ammi majus from Delhi-GSJUNE01/02 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) syn: Carum majus (L.) Koso-Pol.; Cuminum regium Royle
Common names: Bishop’s weed, bullwort, lady’s lace, laceflower
Annual herb with linear lanceolate leaflets with serrate margin; flowers small, white, in compound umbels; involucre bracts linear, trifid; involucel bracts linear; petals with unequal lobes; fruit about 2 mm.
used in skin diseases, vitiligo and psoriasis. It is being studied for potential cancer and AIDS treatments.
Photographed from Hamdard Univ. Herbal Garden, Delhi. Very nice, thanks Sir.. .
Most of the Apiaceae sp. look alike. As such, images of habitat, leaf of both sides, stem, stipules and other essential parts are essential for ID ! Pl. check Ammi majus L.: Unfortunately, I have no other pics. Ammi majus as suggested by … is a possibility, my images from Nauni Campus
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