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Nigella damascena L. - Ranunculaceae - jack in the green, love in a mist, ragged lady, Damaszener Schwarzkümmel, Jungfer in Grün
Annula herb, up to 50cm tall, native to southern Europe, West Asia ('damascena' from Damascus), and North Africa; leaves alternate, pinnately divided; flowers blue, sometimes pink or white; fruit a inflated capsule, bearing numerous seeds.
There are single- and double-flowered individuals. Single-flowered plants usually have petals, which are absent in double-flowered individuals. „Nigella damascena is frequently cultivated as an ornamental and for dried-flower arrangements. It occasionally escapes cultivation and may become established.“
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Seeds and essential oil are characterized by the alkaloids (0.3-3.3%) damascenine (methyl 3-methoxy-2-methylamino benzoate) and methyl 3-methoxy-2-amino benzoate. The seed oil contained mainly sesquiterpenes, germacrene A (23.6-52.8%), β-elemene (38.5-49.6%), viridiflorene (0.3-9.5%), 7-epi-α-selinene (0.1-3.5%). Other components were (Z)-9-octadecen-1-ol (0-2.1%) and monoterpenes in trace amounts like α-pinene, β-pinene, myrcene, p-cymene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, γ-terpinene, camphor and pulegone.
[Essential oil of Nigella damascena L.(Ranunculaceae) seeds., Fico, G., Bader, A., Flamini, G., Cioni, P.L., Morelli, I., Journal of Essential Oil Research, 15(1), 2003, 57-58]
