Anethum sowa
Roxb. ex Fleming
Indian Dill, Japanese dill
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable
The leaves flavor rice and soups, the seeds are used in curries, and oil extracted by steam distillation is used in pickles and processed foods.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Africa, Asia, East Africa, India, Japan, Madagascar, Nepal, Zambia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb. It grows each year from seeds. It is like dill but slightly taller. It grows 1.2 m high. The stem is white. The leaves are finely divided. The fruit are twice as long as wide.
How to Grow
Plants are grown from seed.
Notes
Some authorities regard Anethum sowa as a species, others as a variety of Anethum graveolens.
Names & Synonyms
Ansoa, Sabsige, Sata kuppi, Satapushpi, Sounf sag, Sowa, Soya, Surva
Peucedanum graveolens Linn. in part
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