Family : Apiaceae
Synonyms : A. graveolens
English : Dill, Garden dill
Hindi : Soya
Gujarati : Suva
Sanskrit : Satapushpa
Part used : Fruit
Family : Apiaceae
Synonyms : A. graveolens
English : Dill, Garden dill
Hindi : Soya
Gujarati : Suva
Sanskrit : Satapushpa
Part used : Fruit
Botanical Description: A glabrous aromatic annual herb, 30-90cm in height with hollow finely grooved stem, striped dark green and white with bluish spots; leaves compound, 2-3 pinnate, bluish green, segments filiform, leafsheath surrounds the stem; flowers yellow, in flat compound umbels; fruits narrowly winged. Vittae large and conspicuous. Flowering and fruiting from December to April.
It is found throughout India and widely cultivated.
Rasa : Katu, Tikta
Guna : Snigdha
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Dipana, Kaphahara,
Vatakara, Sulprasamana
Modern Pharmacological Action: Essential oil and extract of dill have been reported to possess various degrees of antimycobactetial activity and this property may probably be due to the presence of furanocoumarin in dill5. Dlimonene and D-carvone, have exhibited strong antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans6.