Apiaceae
Ajowan caraway
Trachyspermum ammi
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Trachyspermum
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Common names
By language (50)
- ace
- Jeumuju
- Amharic
- ነጭ ኣዝሙድ
- Arabic
- نانخة, كمون حبشي, آنيسون بري, نخوة
- arz
- نانخه
- Assamese
- যনি
- Bangla
- জৈন
- Belarusian
- Ажгон
- Bulgarian
- Ажгон
- Burmese
- စမုန်ဖြူ
- Cantonese
- 印度藏茴香
- Chinese
- 细叶糙果芹, 阿米糙果芹, 阿育魏实, 阿育魏
- Czech
- Adžvain, Adžvajen, Adžvan, Drsnoplodík moravčinovitý, Koptský kmín
- Divehi
- ހިތި ދަމުއި
- Dutch
- Ajowan
- English
- Ajowan caraway, Carum, ajowan
- Finnish
- Intiankumina, Ajowan
- German
- Adiowan, Ajowanfrucht, Ajowanfrüchte, Königskümmel
- Gujarati
- અજમો
- Hindi
- अजवाईन
- Hungarian
- Ajovan
- Indonesian
- Jemuju
- Italian
- Ajowan
- Japanese
- アジョワン
- Kannada
- ಅಜವಾನ
- Kazakh
- Ажгон
- Korean
- 아지바인
- lah
- اجوین
- Macedonian
- Ајован
- mad
- Mosè
- Maithili
- जमाइन
- Malay
- Mungsi, Ajwain, Musi
- Malayalam
- അയമോദകം, Ajwain, ഓമം
- Marathi
- ओवा
- Nepali
- ज्वानो
- Pashto
- سپېرکۍ
- Persian
- زنیان
- Polish
- Adżwan
- Portuguese
- Ajowan
- Russian
- Ажгон, Айован, Айован душистый, Айованое масло, Индийский тмин, Коптский тмин, Шабpий
- Sanskrit
- यवाग्रजः, यवानी
- Sindhi
- جاڻ
- Swedish
- Ajowan
- Tamil
- ஓமம்
- tcy
- ಓಮ
- Telugu
- వాము
- Thai
- เทียนเยาวพาณี
- Ukrainian
- Ажгон, Айован, Індійський кмин
- Urdu
- اجوائن
- Uzbek
- Ajwain
- Welsh
- Ajowan
Synonyms
- Ammi cicutarium Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Ammi copticum L.
- Ammios muricata Moench
- Apium ammi Urb.
- Athamanta ajowan Wall.
- Bunium aromaticum L.
- Bunium copticum Spreng.
- Carum ajawain (Roxb.) Waring
- Carum ajowan Benth. & Hook.f.
- Carum ajowan (Roxb.) Waring
- Carum ammi Sprague
- Carum aromaticum Druce
- Carum copticum (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hiern
- Carum copticum (L.) Benth. & Hook.f.
- Carum korolkowii (Regel & Schmalh.) Lipsky
- Carum korolkowii Lipsky
- Cyclospermum ammi (L.) Lag.
- Cyclospermum ammi (L.) Lag.
- Daucus anisodorus Blanco
- Daucus copticus Lam.
- Daucus copticus (L.) Pers.
- Deverra korolkowi Regel & Schmalh.
- Helosciadium ammi Oken
- Helosciadium ammi Britton
- Ligusticum ajawain Roxb.
- Ligusticum ajowan Royle
- Petroselinum sativum Hook. & Gillies
- Pituranthos korolkowi Schinz
- Ptychotis ajowan DC.
- Ptychotis coptica DC.
- Selinum copticum E.H.L.Krause
- Seseli ammoides Jacq.
- Seseli foeniculifolium Poir.
- Seseli gilliesii Hook. & Arn.
- Sison ammi L.
- Trachyspermum copticum Link
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Bames24, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shivsaurabhkunwar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.