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Shatapushpa (Species 1)

Common Names


Soya (Hin.), Dil (Eng.), Balantshep (Mar.)

About    Taxonomy


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Anethum sowa Roxb. ex Fleming

FAMILY 


Apiaceae Lindl.

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

GENUS 


Anethum L.

SPECIES


sowa Roxb. ex Fleming Asiat. Res. 11:156. 1810


Plant Description


50-150 cm tall; strongly scented. Leaves 3-4-pinnate; segments filiform; upper leaves shorter and reduced. Peduncles up to 15 cm long. Rays 8 to nume¬rous. Pedicels slender, c. 4 mm long. Fruit 3-4 mm long; dorsal and intermediate ridges distinct, lateral narrowly winged.

 

*Description source:  Efloras.org

STUDIES & RESEARCH