The Plant List recognize A.sowa Roxb. ex Fleming and A.graveolens L. as two distinct species. A.graveolens (Dill?) is an Algerian species with type from there <http://plants.jstor.org/search?genus=Anethum&species=graveolens> A. sowa seems a species from India/Nepal with a type from Nepal/India <http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.br0000005422975> Two different species; thus may be the difference in fruit. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:53:33 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > *Anethum sowa* Roxb. ex Fleming, Asiat. Res. 11: 156 1810. >> syn: *Anethum graveolens* subsp. sowa (Roxb. ex Fleming) N. F. Koren >> >> Common names: Indian dill >> Vernacular names: Shatapushpa, satahva, madhura >> >> This popular culinary herb in India often used as vegetable in vegetative >> form, and dried seeds source of apiol used in medicine. has always confused >> me when I compare it with dill which has distinct large wings in fruit, a >> feature totally lacking in our sowa plant. Can any member throw light on >> this. >> >> Photographed from Botanical Garden of Khalsa College in Delhi. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
