Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderApiales
FamilyApiaceae
GenusCarum
Scientific name with authorshipCarum carvi L.
Indexed scientific synonyms
Aegopodium carum WibelApium carvi (L.) CrantzBunium carvi (L.) M.Bieb.Carum aromaticum Salisb.Carum carvi f. alpinum (Schur) Thell.Carum carvi f. carviCarum carvi f. coarctatum (Tinant) Thell.Carum carvi f. demissum MurrCarum carvi f. gracile (Lindl.) H.WolffCarum carvi f. intermedium (Rouy & E.G.Camus) Thell.Carum carvi f. latisectum Thell.Carum carvi f. nanum (DC.) Thell.Carum carvi f. pterochlaenum (DC.) Thell.Carum carvi f. pygmaeum Vacc.Carum carvi f. rhodochranthum A.H.MooreCarum carvi f. rubriflorum H.WolffCarum carvi f. vulgare (Alef.) Thell.Carum carvi subsp. rosellum (Woronow) Vorosch.Carum carvi subsp. roseum Trautv.Carum carvi var. gracile (Lindl.) H.WolffCarum carvi var. intermedium Rouy & E.G.CamusCarum carvi var. pterochlaenum Alef.Carum carvi var. pterochlaenum DC.Carum carvi var. roseum Trautv.Carum carvi var. vulgare Alef.Carum decussatum Dulac, 1867Carum decussatum Gilib.Carum gracile Lindl.Carum officinale GrayCarum polyphyllum Boiss. & BalansaCarum rosellum WoronowCarum velenovskyi RohlenaCarvi careum BubaniCarvii careum BubaniFalcaria carvifolia C.A.Mey.Foeniculum carvi (L.) LinkKaros carvi (L.) Nieuwl. & LunellLagoecia cuminoides Soy.-Will.Ligusticum alatum var. pauciradiatum ParsaLigusticum carvi (L.) RothPimpinella carvi (L.) Jess.Pimpinella involucrata JanPimpinella involucrata Jan ex DC.Selinum carvi (L.) E.H.L.KrauseSeseli carum Scop.Seseli carvi (L.) DC.Seseli carvi (L.) Spreng.Seseli carvi var. coarctatum TinantSeseli carvi var. patulum TinantSium carum F.H.Wigg.Sium carvi (L.) Bernh.
Documented use categories
Medicine
Human food
Animal food
Gene source
Material
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier839677-1
Use codesAF GS HF MA ME
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
Kew Economic Botany CollectionEuropean Red List of Medicinal PlantsUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Plant Resources of South-East AsiaPlant Resources for Tropical Africa
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!Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.