Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Nigella sativa
Scientific Name and Description
Nigella sativa L
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Nigella cretica Mill.
Nigella indica Roxb.
Nigella truncata Viv.
Nigella indica Roxb.
Nigella truncata Viv.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | fennel flower, fitches, kalonji |
| Hindi | kala-jira, kala-zira, kalajira, kalomji, kalonji, kulangji, mugrela |
| Kannada | kare-jirage, karejeerage, karejirage, karijeerige, karijirigae, karijirigay, karijirigi, karimsiragam, krishnajeerige |
| Malayalam | karinchirakam, karincirakam, karun-chirakam, karunchirakam, karunshiragam |
| Marathi | kalongji, kalonjee jeere, krishnajira |
| Sanskrit | ajaji, aranyajeeraka, asitajirakah, bashpika, jiraka, kala-ajaji, kalajaji, kalika, kalvanjika, karava, karave, karavi, krishna jiraka, krishna-jiraka, krsnajiraka, kunchi, kunchika, kuncika, kunjika, musavi, prathvika, prithu, prithuka, prithvi, prthu, prthvika, susavi, sushave, sushavi, upakunchika, upakunchiraka, upakunci, upakuncika |
| Tamil | acaci, aciyacirakam#, aciyacirakam, aciyam#, aciyam, aniyam, aranam, arattuvakki, attakam , attimai , attimaiccirakam, attulaccirakam, attulakiyam, attulakki, attulakkinam, attulakkiyam, attuvakkayam, attuvakkiyam, attuvarkkayam#, attuvarkkayam, cailaciritam, caitini, cannikanayan, cannikanayan , canninayakam, canninayakam , canninayan , carin siragum, cariyaccirakam, copakunci, culakkini, irucitari, irulakam, iruli , iruliccirakam, kaketali, kakoniyacirakam, kakoniyam, kalcirakam, kamanam, kanakacciram, kanakaciram, kanakam , kapitaciram, kapitam, karaciram, karavi , kariya cirakam, kariyacirakam, kariyaciram, kariyamani, kariyamaniccirakam, karkanacirakam, karkanam, karkanam, karkkoli , karkkoli , karkol, karkolam, karkoli , karum ciragam, karun-shiragam, karuncetakam, karuncheerakam, karuncirakam, karunciri, karunjchirakam, karunjeeragam, karunjiragam, karunshirogam, karutakacirakam, kattukkarucirakam, kattukkaruncirakam, kattumaiccirakam, kiruttinacirakam, kiruttinaciram, kiruttinamuli, kittinacaci, kommatticcirakam, kotticciram, kutakam , kutamanakam, kutamanam, kutampan, kuttanam, kuttinam, maciyam, maiccirakam, malattakkutampu, miti, narcirakam, pakutam, palampacakam, palampacam, palappacam, pankumam, pankutam, pilacam, pilaccam, pilecam, pilicam, puppacam, purruccirakam, putpaciram, putparacan, tecalati, tecalaticceti, terikkam, umataviyam, upakancikam, upakuncam , upakuncikai, upakuncikai , uppukkuncam, vanticotani, vanticotani, viluttam |
| Telugu | nalla jeelakarra, nalla-jilakara, nallailakarra, nallajilakara, nellajeelakaira, nullajilakara |
| Urdu | kalonji, kalonji (kamazarius), tukhm gandana |
| Common names | black cumin, nigella, kalonji, charnushka |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Fruits
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Nigella sativa L. Herb Seed To increase lactation Women Sayed et al. 2007
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Sayed et al. 2007
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 1 Author - ED. B.D. SHARMA & M.SANJAPPA , N.P. BALAKRISHNAN
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Nigella sativa. (2024, May 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_sativa