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Anethum graveolens
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Family:
APIACEAE/UMBELLIFERAE
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Citation: Anethum graveolens L., Sp. Pl. 263. 1753; P.K. Mukh. & Constance, Umbell. India 210. 1993.
Anethum sowa Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 186. 1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 566(399). 1919; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 185. 1989.
Peucedanum graveolens (L.) Hiern in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Africa 3: 19. 1871; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 709. 1879.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Sathakuppa
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Anet, Dill, Garden dill
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Description:
Glabrous, branched, perennial herbs with striated green stems covered with a whitish bloom. Leaves alternate, decompound; ultimate segments linear-oblong or ovate, entire or sparingly toothed. Umbels compound, rays usually numerous; bracts linear or linear-lanceolate; bracteolate 4-8, linear. Flowers with many slender pedicels. Sepals 0 or small. Petals obovate, emarginated or 2-fid. Ovary glabrous. Style small. Fruit 2-3 times as broad as thick, vittate large.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Kottayam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated in the High Ranges
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Distribution:
Widely cultivated
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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