Yes Rawat, this confusion is there. Although two plants are totally different many websites consider them same as far as seeds are concerned. One used as spice, in pickles and sold as kalonji is clearly Nigella sativa. I have grown seeds at home and uploaded photographs in a separate post.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:55 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > As I understand two different types of seeds are available in market as > Kalonji- > 1) seeds of Nigella sativa > 2) Seeds of Onion (Allium cepa), also called as mangrail > Which is used in pickles? > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Saturday, April 5, 2014 9:35:55 PM UTC+5:30, Santhan P wrote: >> >> *Nigella sativa L; Fam Ranunculaceae, cultivated for its seeds, Kalonji* >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
