{"id":1203919,"date":"2011-02-06T06:40:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T06:40:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:24:52","slug":"anethum-graveolens","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/anethum-graveolens\/","title":{"rendered":"Anethum sowa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anethum<\/i> sowa<\/i> Roxb. ex Fleming<\/span>, Asiat. Res. 11: 156 1810<\/i>.\u00a0(Anethum<\/i> graveolens<\/i> subsp.<\/span> sowa<\/i> (Roxb. ex Fleming) N.F.Koren’<\/span><\/font><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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Sowa, Soya, Dill, Garden dill, Anet, Sata pushpa;<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Saunf<\/b> is Foeniculum vulgare<\/i>, a plant may be confused but different from<\/font> Anethum sowa<\/i>.
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The plant is <\/font>often confused with Fennel<\/b> (Foeniculum vulgare)<\/i><\/font>, but is quite distinct in its sharper fragrans, darker colour of leaves, slender stems and leaves, smaller darker yellow flowers and smaller darker fruits.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
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The sowa plant we grow in Delhi and known as Anethum sowa<\/i> depicted above and also in separate post <\/font>does not have typical wings of Dill<\/b> (Anethum graveolens<\/i>).<\/font> This has always been confusing me.<\/font> The sowa leaves have more sharper taste as compared<\/font><\/font> to pleasing softer taste of fennel<\/b> (Foeniculum vulgare<\/i>),<\/font> and ripe fruits are almost black in colour<\/font> as compared to almost green in fennel<\/b>.<\/font>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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26-2-2010, 10 a m- Khalsa College Botanical Garden, Delhi;<\/font><\/td>\nAnethum graveolens from Delhi – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nApiaceae members – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nFennel and Dill (Saunf and Soe) – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Fruits & Vegetables: Anethum sowa from Delhi<\/a>: Anethum sowa<\/i> Roxb. ex Fleming, \u00a0Asiat. Res. 11: 156 1810 (syn: Anethum graveolens<\/i> subsp. sowa<\/i> (Roxb. ex Fleming) N.F.Koren’)\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
Sowa plant<\/b>, commonly grown in Delhi<\/font> as vegetable<\/font>, the leaves cooked along with saag, spinach or itself, also used for garnishing.<\/font>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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–\u00a0Anethum sowa<\/i> is called Indian Dill<\/b> and I think Shepu<\/b> in Marathi <\/p>\n
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– Saunf<\/b> is Foeniculum vulgare<\/i>, a plant may be confused but different from<\/font> Anethum sowa<\/i>.
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Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week: Anethum sowa from Delhi<\/a>: Anethum sowa<\/b><\/i> Roxb. ex Fleming, Asiat. Res. 11: 156 1810. syn: Anethum graveolens<\/i> subsp. sowa<\/i> (Roxb. ex Fleming) N. F. Koren <\/div>\n
Common names: Indian dill
<\/b>Vernacular names: Shatapushpa, satahva, madhura<\/b>\n<\/div>\n
This popular culinary herb in India often used as vegetable in vegetative form, and dried seeds source of apiol used in medicine.<\/font>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
Has always confused me when I compare it with dill which has distinct large wings in fruit, a feature totally lacking in our sowa plant. Can any member throw light on this. <\/div>\n
Photographed from Botanical Garden of Khalsa College<\/font> in Delhi.<\/font> <\/div>\n
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Here are exclusive photographs of Anethum sowa.<\/i> The plant is often confused with Fennel<\/b><\/font>, but is quite distinct in its sharper fragrans, darker colour of leaves, slender stems and leaves, smaller darker yellow flowers and smaller darker fruits.<\/font> In the above set I had photographed two side by side. <\/font>Here it is exclusive one. <\/p>\n

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Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week : Request for ID : 020811 : AK-1<\/a>: Taken at Mapro Garden, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra <\/font>on 18\/4\/09.
Saunf or Sowa? <\/p>\n
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Greener stem, number of flowers (sowa has more number of flowers in compound umbel), flower size and colour suggests Anethum sowa<\/i>; <\/div>\n

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[17022012] AP1- Plant for id from Ambala Cantt Haryana:<\/a> (12 pictures) Photograph taken on 16 Feb 2012<\/font>
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Bangalore-Ooty November 2013 :: Requesting ID of this plant with yellow flowers at Ooty :: 18122013 :: ARK-24<\/a> :\u00a0Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors.<\/font><\/div>\n
Requesting to please ID this plant with yellow flowers<\/font> captured growing wild<\/font> in Ooty in November 2013.<\/font><\/p>\n
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I hope Anethum sowa<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Thank you … for ID…<\/p>\n
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BND 89 24\/11\/14<\/a> :\u00a06 posts by 5 authors.\u00a0Attachments (1)<\/font>
Can you please ID this leafy\/salad vegetable or culinary herb.<\/font> <\/div>\n
It does not produce flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka<\/font> in Dec 2011.\u00a0 <\/div>\n
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Looks like Fennel- Foeniculum vulgare<\/i> + Meethi Sonf.<\/p>\n
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It is Dil<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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sowabhaji<\/b> in hindi and Bengali<\/p>\n

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Indian Dill<\/b> Anethum sowa <\/i>not European Dill Anethum graveolens<\/i> which has large winged fruits.<\/font>\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I have been looking for pictures of these two types of seeds …
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Apiaceae Fortnight: Fennel and Dill (Saunf and Soe)-GSJUNE05\/06<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)<\/div>\n

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Fennel<\/b> or Saunf<\/b> (Foeniculum vulgare<\/i>)<\/font> and Dill<\/b> or Soe<\/b> (Anethum graveolens<\/i>) can be easily confused in the field especially in vegetative condition and flowering. <\/font>I am enclosing the photographs of the two held together<\/u>, Anethum<\/i> on the right and Foeniculum<\/i> on the left. Please note plants of Anethum<\/i> are more slender in stems and leaves, both have darker green tinge, flowers are smaller and golden yellow in colour<\/font>. The plants of Foeniculum<\/i> are more robust in both stems and leaves, both have whitish green tinge, flowers are larger and have pale yellow colour. <\/font>In addition plants of Anethum<\/i> have sharper flavour and taste<\/font>, whereas Fennel<\/b> has less sharper flavour and taste. <\/font>Of course fruits are different.<\/p>\n
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Apiaceae Fortnight: Anethum sowa from Delhi-GSJUNE03\/04<\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)<\/font><\/div>\n
Anethum sowa<\/i><\/b> Roxb. ex Fleming, <\/span>Asiat. Res. 11: 156 1810<\/cite><\/span>.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
syn: Anethum graveolens<\/i> subsp. sowa<\/i> (Roxb. ex Fleming) N. F. Koren<\/font><\/div>\n
Common names: Indian dill<\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
Vernacular names: Shatapushpa, satahva, madhura<\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
This popular culinary herb in India often used as vegetable in vegetative form, and dried seeds source of apiol used in medicine. <\/font>has always confused me when I compare it with dill<\/font> which has distinct large wings in fruit, a feature totally lacking in our sowa plant. Can any member throw light on this.<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Photographed from Botanical Garden of Khalsa College<\/font> in Delhi<\/font><\/p>\n
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The Plant List recognize A.sowa<\/i> Roxb. ex Fleming and A.graveolens<\/i> L. as two distinct species.
A.graveolens<\/i> (Dill?) is an <\/font>Algerian species with type from there<\/font><\/a>
A. sowa<\/i> seems a species from India\/Nepal with a <\/font>type from Nepal\/India<\/font><\/a>
Two different species; thus may be the difference in fruit.<\/font><\/p>\n
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Anethum sowa Roxb. ex Fleming, Asiat. Res. 11: 156 1810.\u00a0(Anethum graveolens subsp. sowa (Roxb. ex Fleming) N.F.Koren’); Images by Ankush Prakash (Identified by Balkar Singh), Aarti\u00a0S Khale\u00a0(id by Gurchran Singh), Gurcharan Singh & Alka Khare\u00a0(id by Gurchran Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images, click on the links) \u00a0 Sowa,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5070],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1203919","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-anethum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1203919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1203919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1203919"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1203919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}