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  • COMMON NAME: Black seed, Black cumin, Fennel flower.
  • ARABIC: الحبة السوداء، حبة البركة
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Nigella sativa L.
  • SYNONYMS: Nigella cretica Mill.
  • FAMILY: RANUCULACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt)
  • TYPES: Annual
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_sativa Encyclopedia of medicinal plants of UAE 1&2 from Zayed complex for herbal Research & traditional medicine, AD. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/711687-1
Antihypertensive, liver tonics, diuretics, digestive, anti-diarrheal, appetite stimulant, analgesics, anti-bacterial and in skin disorders, antidiabetic, anticancer, immunomodulator, analgesic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, spasmolytic, bronchodilator, hepato-protective, renal protective, gastro-protective, antioxidant properties.

Annual herb, 30-50 cm high, pubescent or glandular-hirsute. Leaves simple much divided, finely pinnate, leaf-segments linear to linear-lanceolate. Flowers terminal solitary, white-blue, star-shaped, sepals 5, petaloid, oval 7-14 , 6-8 mm, shortly clawed; petals smaller than the sepals, 5 (-8), nectariferous, with a bent claw and two lobes, stamens numerous, carpels 2-10 fused with five free styles. 

Cultivated in private farms.
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