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Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague ex Turrill - syn.Ammi copticum L.; Carum ajowan ined.; Carum copticum (L.) C.B.Clarke; Sison ammi L.; Trachyspermum copticum (L.) Link - Apiaceae - ajwain, ajowan, Egyptian caraway, Ajowan, Indischer Kümmel
Annual herb, up to 50cm tall, native to India, naturalized and cultivated in Asia, Africa; leaves 2-3-pinnate/pinnatisect, ultimate segments linear-filiform to 15×0.2-0.5mm; umbels up to 5cm across, umbellules ca. 1cm across, ca. 20-flowered, petals 1.3mm, white; fruits 2mm long. The fruits are used as carminative and spice.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242426007
Main components of ajowan oil were thymol (41.7%), γ-terpinene (27.7%), and p-cymene (21.7%), minor ones α-pinene, camphene, β-pinene, myrcene, limonene, terpinen-4-ol, and carvacrol.
[Nematicidal activity of plant essential oils and components from ajowan (Trachyspermum ammi), allspice (Pimenta dioica) and litsea (Litsea cubeba) essential oils against pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)., Park, I.K., Kim, J., Lee, S.G., Shin, S.C., Journal of nematology, 39(3), 2007, 275] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2586506/
Jacquin,N.J. von, Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis, vol.2 t.196 (1772)
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=1024275