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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = ''Bunium persicum''<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Apiales]]<br /> | familia = [[Apiaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Bunium]]''<br /> | species = '''''B. persicum'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Bunium persicum''<br /> | binomial_authority = (Boiss.) B. Fedtsch.<br /> }}<br /> '''''Bunium persicum''''' or '''black cumin''' is a plant in the family [[Apiaceae]]. Dried ''B. persicum'' [[fruit]]s are used as a culinary [[spice]] in Northern [[India]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Iran]]. Local names for that spice are काला जीरा (''kala jeera'', meaning &quot;black cumin&quot;) or ''shahi jeera'' (meaning &quot;imperial cumin&quot;) in [[Hindi language|Hindi]] and as زيره كوهی (zireh kuhi, meaning &quot;wild cumin&quot;) in [[Persian language|Persian]]. It is practically unknown outside these areas, and is not to be confused with the unrelated ''[[Nigella sativa]]'' which is also often called black cumin.<br /> <br /> In [[Bengali language|Bengali]], ''kalo jeera'' also means black cumin, but refers to Nigella, not ''Bunium persicum''. [[Nigella]] is widely used as a spice in [[Bengali]] food, while ''B. persicum'' is rare.<br /> <br /> The plant grows wild in a wide range from southeastern [[Europe]] east to southern [[Asia]]. It reaches about 60 cm tall and 25 cm wide, bearing frilly leaves and hermaphroditic flowers, pollinated by insects and self-fertile.<br /> <br /> The small, rounded [[taproot]] is edible raw or cooked, and said to taste like sweet [[chestnut]]s. The leaf can be used as a [[herb]] or [[garnish]] similar to [[parsley]].<br /> <br /> Authorities differ on whether this is the same plant as ''Bunium bulbocastanum'', with similar characteristics and uses.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> *[http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Buni_per.html Bunium persicum]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Apiaceae]]<br /> [[Category:Spices]]<br /> [[Category:Root vegetables]]<br /> [[Category:Underutilized crops]]</div>

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