From mgold@nal.usda.gov Thu Jun 15 13:24:53 2000 Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:28:15 -0400 From: Mary Gold To: 'Mike Miller' , sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: RE: The Cumin Corranider Connection [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] Hi Mike, A great place to find information on plant taxonomy, common names (international), and plant uses is at the Plants for a Future website's "Database of useful plants." http://www.metalab.unc.edu/pfaf/D_search.html It has many search options. My search on "cumin" as a common name turned up 3 species known as cumin: Cuminum cyminum (Common names: Ajaji [E], Comino [E,H], Cumin [B,H,P,E], Cummin [E], Jintan Puteh [E], Jinten Puteh [E], Kammun [E], Kimyon [E])(Umbelliferae family) Nigella damascena (Common Names: Aranuela [E], Black Cumin [H], Devil In The Bush [P], Devil-in-the-bush [B], Git [E],Love-in-a-mist [H,L], Nigella [H], Sam Corekotu [E]) (Ranunculaceae family) Nigella sativa (Common names: Ajenuz [E], Black Cumin [E,H,P], Corekotu [E], Cummin,Black [E], Fennel Flower [H],Habbat Soda [E], Jintan Hitam [E], Kalonji [H], Nutmeg Flower [H], Roman Coriander [H], Tarate [E])(Ranunculaceae family) Included under each species is information on culinary and medicinal uses. The "important ingredient in curries" description, and the several Indian-sounding common names associated with Cuminum cyminum lead me to believe that it is the spice most used in Indian cooking. Hope this helps. Mary V. Gold Alternative Farming Systems Information Center National Agricultural Library, ARS, USDA 10301 Baltimore Ave., Room 304 Beltsville MD 20705-2351 phone: 301-504-6559 fax: 301-504-6409 e-mail: mgold@nal.usda.gov http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic -----Original Message----- From: Mike Miller [mailto:mmiller@pcsia.com] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:18 AM To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: The Cumin Corranider Connection Thanks to Diane and Andrew for the information on cumin and corriander. >From my spice ignorance, you can tell I grew up in the midwest's "cream of mushroom soup hot dish tradition". However, the site www.indianspices.com lists cumin's botanical name as Cuminum cyminum L. from the family Apiaceae. Johnny's does not list Corriander either but Cliantro does have the bontanical name of "Coriandrum sativum". Is there a chance that "cumin" means something different here and in India? Mike, you betcha, Miller To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@cals.ncsu.edu with the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@cals.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@cals.ncsu.edu with the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@cals.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail