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Cumin black (Cuminun cyminum L.)
Cumin is the deformation of the Arabic word
Etymology
Kemun.
Origin and description of the plant
Edaphic requirements
Multiplication
Seed-plot and Care
Harvesting
Productions
Bibliography
Medical herbs and aromatic plants
Cumin black (Cuminun cyminum L.)
Etymology
Origin and description of the plant
Edaphic requirements
Multiplication
Seed-plot and Care
Harvesting
Productions
Bibliography
Cumin comes from Egypt and it is cultivated in
several countries of the Mediterranean basin,
in India and Iran.
It is an herbaceous, annual plant with a
straight, glabrous and branchy stem, with a
variable height of 20-40 cm.
The leaves are alternated and glabrous as well.
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Cumin black (Cuminun cyminum L.)
Its flowers are small, white or pinky, arranged
in compounded umbels.
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Its fruit is diachene, arranged in two joined
oblong and hastate mericarps, with a yellowishbrownish hairy surface.
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The parts which are used are the ripen and
dried fruits of cumin.
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Cumin can be sown in lands with an altitude up
to 1200 m.
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It develops in sandy-clayish soils, soft, deep,
permeable, and fertile.
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Cumin resists at temperatures of -4°C, and
can be sown in a tempered climate, but it
should be protected against wind.
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It reproduces itself exclusively through seeds.
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1000 seeds weight 3.14g, with a maximum
germination percentage of 80%, 20°C, in 18
days in laboratories.
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For soil management is necessary to plough
deeply (30-40 cm), in order to ensure a good
drainage in the root system of the plant.
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Then, the soil must be harrowed.
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Then seeds are sown with 3cm under the soil.
The seed rate varies between 5-8 Kg/ha, with
spacing between cultivars' rows of 0.5-0.7m.
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Cumin black (Cuminun cyminum L.)
It is sown in the middle of April, when rimefrosts are not expected.
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Only plant louses and ants are known as pests
that may attack cumin crops.
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Cumin is often used in organic farming because
it allows the soil to become softer.
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Etymology
Origin and description of the plant
Edaphic requirements
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Table - Cumin principal pests and recommended treatments (Adp.
Bustamante, 1993 and Ferreira et al., 1998; Thorez, 1997)
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Etymology
Origin and description of the plant
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Harvesting is done when the fruits have a
yellowish colour, and should be done in order to
avoid the fall of seeds to the soil.
In the beginning of July, umbels should be cut
in the morning, with the purpose of drying,
select and calibrate them.
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This fruits ensure production of 600-1000
Kg/ha of dried fruits. The dried fruit contain
2,5-4% of essential oils.
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Medical herbs and aromatic plants
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Bibliography
Etymology
Origin and description of the plant
Edaphic requirements
Multiplication
Seed-plot and Care
Harvesting
Productions
Bibliography
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