Nigella sativa: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Nigella
Species: Nigella sativa
Scientific Name: Nigella sativa

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Nigella sativa

Nigella sativa (common names, black caraway, black cumin, nigella or kalonji) is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to western Asia (Arabia, the Levant, Cyprus, Turkey, Iran and Iraq), and eastern Europe (Bulgaria and Romania). It is naturalised over parts of Europe, northern Africa, and east to Myanmar. It is used as a spice in various food preparations, especially in Arab and Halal cuisines.

Nigella sativa in languages:

Arabic: شونيز مزروع
Arabic: حبة البركة
Arabic: الحبة السوداء
Chinese: 黑種草
Chinese: 黑小茴香
Czech: černucha setá
Dutch: Zwarte komijn
English: Nigella
English: Black Cumin
English: Common fennel flower
Finnish: ryytineito
German: Echter Schwarzkümmel
Hungarian: kerti kandilla
Indonesian: Jintan Hitam
Lithuanian: Sėjamoji juodgrūdė
Polish: Czarnuszka siewna
Russian: Чернушка посевная
Swedish: svartkummin
Turkish: çörekotu
Ukrainian: Чорнушка посівна

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