Carum carvi L.
| Synonym : | Bunium carvi (L.)M.Bieb. Foeniculum carvi(L.) Link Ligusticum carvi(L.) Roth Pimpinella carvi(L.) Je |
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| Bangla Name : | Jira,Arjun jira(Chakma). |
| English Name : | Carway |
| Family : | Apiaceae |
| Disease : | Cirorhosis, constipation, diarrhoea, flatulence, gastric tumor, gynecological disease, hiccup, worm, |
| Description : | Plants 15–70(–150) cm tall. Taproot cylindrical.Stems solitary, base without remnant sheaths. Basal and lower leaves oblong-lanceolate in outline; ultimate segments linear or linear-lanceolate,. Leaves reduced upwards. Umbels bracts absent or occasionally linear, entire; rays 3–10, extremely unequal; bracteoles absent; umbellules 4–15-flowered. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white or pinkish, base not clawed. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Fruit or so called seeds contain volatile oil (3-7%), fatty oil (18- 23%), protein (21-23%), abscisic acid; yield 2% essential oil (Caraway oil) containing 18% aldehydes; Trans- and cis- carveol, d-limonene. Seeds contain flavons and lipids umbelliferone, |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Cirorhosis, constipation, diarrhoea, flatulence, gastric tumor, gynecological disease, hiccup, worm, impotence, indigestion, leucorrhoea, lipoma, lumbago, painful micturation, rheumatism. |
| Habit : | Herb |