Lagoecia cuminoides L.

Lagoécie faux-cumin (fr), Lagécie faux cumin (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Lagoecia

Characteristics

A herb. It grows each year from seed. It grows 30 cm tall.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

In Israel, it grows in herbaceous plant communities and bathas of the Mediterranean territory
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It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The seeds are a substitute for cumin in cooking. They are also used in cheese. They are also used in curries, and biscuits, cakes and bread.
Uses food medicinal
Edible flowers seeds
Therapeutic use Sclerosis(Liver) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Lagoecia cuminoides leaf picture by Gut Jose a (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lagoecia cuminoides flower picture by Rojo Florencio (cc-by-sa)
Lagoecia cuminoides flower picture by Rojo Florencio (cc-by-sa)
Lagoecia cuminoides flower picture by Rojo Florencio (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lagoecia cuminoides world distribution map, present in Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Spain, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, North Macedonia, Portugal, Russian Federation, Syrian Arab Republic, and Turkey

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:843929-1
WFO ID wfo-0000360401
COL ID 3RXNF
BDTFX ID 37420
INPN ID 104815
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Synonyms

Lagoecia cuminoides Cuminoides obliqua