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Bunium bulbocastanum L.

Great pignut (en), Noix de terre (fr), Châtaigne-de-terre (fr), Bunium noix-de-terre (fr), Noix-de-terre (fr), Marron-de-terre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Bunium

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The roots are round and like tubers. They are starchy.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.25
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zone 5.
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Rough grassland and banks on chalk.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

The seeds are used as flavouring for bread. The roots are used as famine food, raw or roasted. They are used raw in salads or boiled as a vegetable. The leaves are used like parsley. The starchy tubers are eaten as a vegetable and in salads. The fruit/seeds are used as a spice.
Uses food food additive medicinal spice
Edible flowers leaves roots seeds tubers
Therapeutic use Carminative (unspecified), Repellant(Insect) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Bunium bulbocastanum habit picture by Daniel Bourget (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Bunium bulbocastanum leaf picture by david williams (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Bunium bulbocastanum flower picture by biney (cc-by-sa)
Bunium bulbocastanum flower picture by Pol Califice (cc-by-sa)
Bunium bulbocastanum flower picture by thomas petit (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Bunium bulbocastanum world distribution map, present in Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Slovenia

Conservation status

Bunium bulbocastanum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:838875-1
WFO ID wfo-0000574803
COL ID NV2C
BDTFX ID 11467
INPN ID 86983
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ligusticum bulbocastanum Bunium agrarium Bunium mediterraneum Sium bulbocastanum Selinum bulbocastanum Scandix bulbocastanum Bulbocastanum linnaei Bulbocastanum mediterraneum Bunium bulbosum Bunium collinum Carum bulbocastanum Carvi bulbocastanum Pimpinella bulbocastanum Bunium minus Bunium aphyllum Bunium bulbocastanum var. mediterraneum Bunium bulbocastanum var. aphyllum Bunium bulbocastanum var. baldense Bunium bulbocastanum
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