Plant Nigella sativa

Spice:

Black Cumin

Botanical Name:

Nigella sativa

Botany:

N. sativa grows to 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in) tall, with finely divided, linear (but not thread-like) leaves. The flowers are delicate, and usually coloured pale blue and white, with five to ten petals. The fruit is a large and inflated capsule composed of three to seven united follicles, each containing numerous seeds which are used as spice, sometimes as a replacement for Bunium bulbocastanum (also called black cumin).

Cultivation:

N/A

Wikipedia URL:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_sativa