CUMIN



cumino aigro
cuminum cyminum
Umbelliferae
parsley family

Low annual herb

PART USED
Fruit, Oil and Seed

Seeds and their oil are both used medicinally.

CULINARY USE
oil and seed

Beef with chopped onions mixed with cumin.

Ingedient of chili powder.

Cumin is an ingredient
of curry powder; the oil is used
for liqueurs and in veterinary practice
and was formerly used in medicine.

Long cultivated in the Old World
for the aromatic seedlike fruits.

Fruits resemble the related
caraway and are similarly used in cooking.

Cumin is classified in the division Magnoliophyta,
class Magnoliopsida, order Umbellales, family Umbelliferae.

Today, Cumin is cultivated throughout
the Mediterranean region
Iran,, Pakistan, India, China
United States and South America.

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