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Nigella
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thumb|Nigella damascena seed capsule Nigella is a genus of about 25 species of annual or biennial plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Macaronesia, southern and central Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Common names applied to members of this genus are nigella, devil-in-a-bush or love-in-a-mist.
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Nigella is a genus of plants within the family Ranunculaceae. The taxonomic type for this genus is Nigella arvensis. Common names associated with the group include Devil-in-a-bush, kandilla, Katicavirág, and クロタネソウ属. The genus is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Native ranges for Nigella include Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, the Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Canary Islands, Corse, Cyprus, and Czechia-Slovakia. Specimens have also been recorded in the United States, Romania, Greece, and Morocco. These records are held by institutions such as BRIT, MEL, RSA, and NY.
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Species
Common Name: cummin
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 217
- With media
- 120
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Collections
- BRIT, MEL, RSA, NY
- Recorded in
- United States, Romania, Greece, Morocco, Algeria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Tunisia
Research
2,712 papers- A review on therapeutic potential of Nigella sativa: A miracle herb.Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine · 2013
- Nigella sativa L. Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Activities: A Review (2019-2021).Biomolecules · 2021
- The effects of Nigella sativa on thyroid function, serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) - 1, Nesfatin-1 and anthropometric features in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis: a randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2016
- A Comprehensive Review of the Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Therapeutic Efficacies of Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) Seed Oil and Its Thymoquinone.Journal of medicinal food · 2025
- Nigella sativa L. and its bioactive and nutraceutical components in the management of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.Inflammopharmacology · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Uses
- Culinary
- Garden flowers
- Use in traditional medicine
- References
- External links
thumb|Nigella damascena seed capsule Nigella is a genus of about 25 species of annual or biennial plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Macaronesia, southern and central Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Common names applied to members of this genus are nigella, devil-in-a-bush or love-in-a-mist.
The species grow to tall, with finely divided leaves; the leaf segments are narrowly linear to threadlike. The flowers are white, yellow, pink, pale blue or pale purple, with five to ten petals. The fruit is a capsule composed of several united follicles, each containing numerous seeds; in some species (e.g. Nigella damascena), the capsule is large and inflated.
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