Hi Mike,
A great place to find information on plant taxonomy, common names
(international), and plant uses is at the Plants for a Future website's
"Database of useful plants." http://www.metalab.unc.edu/pfaf/D_search.html
It has many search options. My search on "cumin" as a common name turned up
3 species known as cumin:
Cuminum cyminum (Common names: Ajaji [E], Comino [E,H], Cumin [B,H,P,E],
Cummin [E], Jintan Puteh [E], Jinten Puteh [E], Kammun [E], Kimyon
[E])(Umbelliferae family)
Nigella damascena (Common Names: Aranuela [E], Black Cumin [H], Devil In
The Bush [P], Devil-in-the-bush [B], Git [E],Love-in-a-mist [H,L], Nigella
[H], Sam Corekotu [E]) (Ranunculaceae family)
Nigella sativa (Common names: Ajenuz [E], Black Cumin [E,H,P], Corekotu [E],
Cummin,Black [E], Fennel Flower [H],Habbat Soda [E], Jintan Hitam [E],
Kalonji [H], Nutmeg Flower [H], Roman Coriander [H], Tarate
[E])(Ranunculaceae family)
Included under each species is information on culinary and medicinal uses.
The "important ingredient in curries" description, and the several
Indian-sounding common names associated with Cuminum cyminum lead me to
believe that it is the spice most used in Indian cooking.
Hope this helps.
Mary V. Gold
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
National Agricultural Library, ARS, USDA
10301 Baltimore Ave., Room 304
Beltsville MD 20705-2351
phone: 301-504-6559
fax: 301-504-6409
e-mail: mgold@nal.usda.gov
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Miller [mailto:mmiller@pcsia.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:18 AM
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: The Cumin Corranider Connection
Thanks to Diane and Andrew for the information on cumin and corriander.
From my spice ignorance, you can tell I grew up in the midwest's "cream of
mushroom soup hot dish tradition".
However, the site www.indianspices.com lists cumin's botanical name as
Cuminum cyminum L. from the family Apiaceae. Johnny's does not list
Corriander either but Cliantro does have the bontanical name of "Coriandrum
sativum".
Is there a chance that "cumin" means something different here and in India?
Mike, you betcha, Miller
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