EPPO Global Database

Carum carvi(CRYCA)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-03

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CRYCA
  • Preferred name: Carum carvi
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Probably originating in  eastern Mediterranan or  Western Asia, but cultivated as a spice plant since ancient times, and now present practically throughout Europe and Asia, to India, Russian Far East, China and Japan. Introduced in southwestern Mediterranean, North America

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Bunium carvi Marschall von Bieberstein

Common names
Name Language
caraway English
common caraway English
Brotkümmel German
echter Kümmel German
Echtkümmel German
Feldkümmel German
gemeiner Kümmel German
gewöhnlicher Kümmel German
Speisekümmel German
Wiesenkümmel German
anis des Vosges French
carum carvi French
carvi French
cumin des montagnes French
cumin des prés French
alcaravea Spanish
carvi Spanish
carví Spanish
comino de prado Spanish
anice dei Vosgi Italian
carvi Italian
comino tedesco Italian
cumino dei prati Italian
cumino tedesco Italian
echte karwij Dutch
alcaravia Portuguese
cuminho Portuguese
kummin Swedish
himeuikyô Japanese
karumu Japanese
kiyarawei Japanese
カルム Japanese
キヤラウェイ Japanese
ヒメウイキヨウ Japanese
тмин обыкновенный Russian
kommen Danish
karve Norwegian
kumina Finnish
kimyon Turkish
kminek zwyczajny Polish
kömény Hungarian
karaboti Albanian
karabotit Albanian
alcaravea Aragonese
comino de prado Aragonese
txapoila Basque
кмен звычайны Belarusian
кимион Bulgarian
обикновен ким Bulgarian
alcaravia Catalan
càrvit Catalan
comí de Madrid Catalan
comí de prat Catalan
cumí Catalan
fonoll de prat Catalan
gě lǚ zi Chinese
葛缕子 Chinese
kumin  Croatian
kmín kořenný Czech
harilik köömen Estonian
αγριοκύμινο Greek
άγριο κύμινο Greek
κάρον κυμινοειδές Greek
kúmen Icelandic
parastā ķimene Latvian
kmynai Lithuanian
paprastasis kmynas Lithuanian
escarabélhe Occitan
escarabi Occitan
escarbélhe Occitan
chimen Romanian
обични ким Serbian
rasca lúčna Slovak
navadna kumina Slovene
кмин звичайний Ukrainian