Botanical Name : Anethum graveolens / Peucedanum graveolens  
Sanskrit name : Satahva, Madhura
English Name :  Indian Dill                   
Family: Apiaceae                      

Plant Part used: Seed

Description of  Anethum graveolens:
It grows throughout the tropical and sub-tropical parts in India. It is cultivated throughout India chiefly in Punjab, Uttar-Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Assam and West Bengal. It is sometimes found growing as a weed of cultivation and even as an escape in irrigated fields.

It is an annual, glabrous, aromatic herb, grows up to 1.2 m in height. The leaves are decompound and ultimate segments filiform. Flowers are pale yellow in compound umbels. Fruits are sub-elliptical, dorsally compressed, glabrous, with 3 longitudinal ridges, winged, with 2 mericarps. The mericarps remain joined together even under stored conditions. Vittae with marginal walls appear irregularly and have thickenings near the angles.

Constituents:
The major constituent of the oil from the mericarp is carvone (19.5-69.7%).

Pharmacology:
Carvone is reported to have carminative and antiseptic action. Plant showed appetite-stimulating property.

Toxicology:
Dill-apiol, one of the constituents, was reported to be toxic.

Medicinal Uses:
The fruit is hot and bitter. It is carminative, stomachic, digestive, anti-flatulent and stimulant. It is used in digestive disorders.

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