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Yavani (Species 1)

Common Names


Ajwain.

About    Taxonomy


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague ex Turrill

FAMILY 


Apiaceae Lindl.

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

GENUS 


Trachyspermum Link

SPECIES


ammi (L.) Sprague ex Turrill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929:228. 1929


Plant Description


Annual, 15-50 cm tall, branched. Stem glabrous. Leaves much divided; ultimate segments filiform. Involucre of 5-8 linear, sometimes pinnate, bracts. Rays 8-16, glabrous, unequal. Involucel of 5-8 linear, sometimes pinnate bract-lets. Pedicels twice as long as the fruit. Fruit ovoid, 2 mm long, muricate; ridges not prominent; stylopodium conical; styles c. mm long.

 

*Description source:  Efloras.org

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