“Jeera”
Cuminum cyminum, Linn
Botanical Name:
Cuminum cyminum, Linn

Svetajiraka consists of ripe fruits of Cuminum cyminum, Linn, Family Umbelliferae

Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Ajaji, Jiraka, Ajajika
Assamese: Jira
Bengali: Jira, Sadajira
English: Cumin seed. Cumin
Guajarati: Jirautmi, Jirn, Jiraugi, Jeeru, Jirun
Hindi: Jira, Safed jira
Kannada: Jirage, Bilejirege
Kashmiri: Safed Zoor
Malayalam: Jeerakam
Marathi: Pandhare jire
Oriya: Dhalajeera, Dalajira, Jira
Punjabi: Safed Jira, Chitta Jira
Tamil: Sheeragam, Chirakam, Jeerakam
Telugu: Jilakarra, Tella Jilakarra
Urdu: Zirah, Zirasafed

Botanical description:
Cuminum cyminum is a glabrous, annual herb, 30-90 cm height, with a slender branched stem 20–30 cm tall. The leaves are 5–10 cm long, pinnate or bipinnate, thread-like leaflets. The flowers are very small, white; about 38 mm long stalk in compound umbels, mostly cultivated in plains. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile. The fruit is a lateral fusiform or ovoid achene 4–5 mm long, containing a single seed. Cumin seeds are oblong in shape, longitudinally ridged, and yellow-brown in color, like other members of the Umbelliferae family.

Parts used:
Fruits

Major chemical constituents:
Essential oil (cuminic, cymene, dipentene, limonene, phellandrene and pinene)

Therapeutic uses:
• Digestive impairment (Agnimandya)
• Diarrhoea (Atisara)
• Worm infestation (Krmiroga)
 


 
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