Apiaceae
Great pignut
Bunium bulbocastanum
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Bunium
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- بونيون كستنائي البصيلة, جوز أرقم, آاكثار, تلغوطة
- arz
- بونيون كستنائى البصيله
- Bangla
- বুনিয়াম বালবোক্যাস্টানাম
- Czech
- Bulvuška hlíznatá
- Dutch
- Aardkastanje
- English
- Great pignut, Earth-nut, Black-caraway, Earthnut
- Finnish
- Maakastanjaputki
- French
- Châtaigne de terre, Noix de terre
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Knollenkümmel, Echter Knollenkümmel, Erdkastanie
- Greek
- Βούνιον το βολβοκάστανον
- Italian
- Bulbocastano, Castagna di terra
- pcd
- Jàrblé
- Polish
- Rzepnik bulwiasty
- Punjabi
- ਕਾਲਾ ਜੀਰਾ
- Sindhi
- جيرو
- Slovenian
- Navadna gomoljasta kumina
- Spanish
- Bulbocastaña, Castaña de tierra, Nabo castañero
- Swedish
- Jordkastanj
- Welsh
- Cneuen-y-ddaear fawr
Synonyms
- Bunium bulbocastanum var. genuinum Burnat
- Carum bulbocastanum (L.) W.D.J.Koch
- Carvi bulbocastanum (L.) Bubani
- Ligusticum bulbocastanum (L.) Crantz
- Pimpinella bulbocastanum (L.) Stokes
- Scandix bulbocastanum (L.) Moench
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Rob Hille, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Hille, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Hille, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Hille, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Hille, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Hille, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Hille, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Hille, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.