EPPO Global Database

Cuminum cyminum(CVUCY)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CVUCY
  • Preferred name: Cuminum cyminum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan), Western Asia (Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan). Widely cultivated for its seeds, used as a culinary flavouring. Introduced in Western Mediterranean, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Mexico


Common names
Name Language
cumin English
aegypischer Kümmel German
Haferkümmel German
italienischer Kümmel German
Kreuzkümmel German
Linsenkümmel German
Mohrenkümmel German
Mutterkümmel German
Pfaffenkümmel German
Pfefferkümmel German
polnischer Kümmel German
Rohrkümmel German
römischer Kümmel German
spanischer Kümmel German
Spießkümmel German
Stachelkümmel German
türkischer Kümmel German
Wanzenkümmel German
weißer Kümmel German
cumin French
alcamonia Spanish
comino Spanish
comino fino Spanish
cominos Spanish
cumino Italian
cumijn Dutch
komijn Dutch
cominhos Portuguese
pepparkummin Swedish
spiskummin Swedish
кмин тминовый Russian
Romersk spidskommen Danish
spidskommen Danish
kummin Norwegian
juustokumina Finnish
roomankumina Finnish
acem kimyonu Turkish
comino Aragonese
kuminoa Basque
kumiyoa Basque
италиански кимион Bulgarian
comí Catalan
comí castellà Catalan
comin Occitan