Ammi (plant)

Ammi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Ammi; L.
Species
	including: Ammi majus; Ammi visnaga;

Ammi is a genus of 3 to 6 species of plants in the Apiaceae family. They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa and Southwest Asia. Ammi spp. (Bishops weed) is prohibited by the Australian New Zealand Food Standards code under standard 1.4.4 due to active constituents:

furocromine
coumarin derivatives
.03% volatile oil (camphor and carvone)
Fixed oil and protein
flavonol glycosides (quercetin and kaempferol)

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

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