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Nigella sativa

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Nigella sativa

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species of annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae

OverviewAI-generated

Nigella sativa is a species within the family Ranunculaceae, classified under the kingdom Plantae and the genus Nigella. Common names for this organism include black cumin, حبة البركة, Çörəkotu, and Čurekot. It is recognized as a medicinal plant and a subclass of useful plant. The species produces a fruit type known as a follicle.

The natural range of Nigella sativa extends from West Asia to India, and it has been naturalized in North Africa and Europe. Records of the species have been documented in countries including the United States, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Sudan, and France. Myanmar is also listed as part of its taxon range.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Encyclopedia of Life, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Nigella sativa

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderRanunculales
  5. FamilyRanunculaceae
Observations recorded1,440

West Asia to India, Naturalized in North Africa and Europe.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
225
With media
201
Family
Ranunculaceae
Collections
DBG, ANSP, UCONN, US, DOV, MICH
Recorded in
United States, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Sudan, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Turkey
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Research

2,550 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
useful plant
Parent taxon
Nigella
Image
Nsativa001Wien.jpg
Has use
medicinal plant
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Nigella sativa
Commons category
Nigella sativa
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25337
Commons gallery
Nigella sativa
taxon common name
黑香种草（家黑种草）
has fruit type
follicle
short name
N. sativa
external data available at URL
www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e
taxon range
Myanmar
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Encyclopedic overview

Nigella sativa (common names, black caraway, black cumin, nigella, charnushka, or kalonji) is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to western Asia (the Levant, Cyprus, Turkey, Iran and Iraq), and eastern Europe (Bulgaria and Romania).

It is naturalised over parts of Europe, North Africa, and east to Myanmar. It is used as a spice in various food preparations.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nigella sativa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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