Name of students : 1. Umi Kulsum,
uzma maqbool and Kaneez Fatima
❖ Section : B
❖ Class : 4th sem (2nd year)
❖ Topic assignment : DIL
❖ Course name : spice and
condiments
❖ Course instructor : Dr. khursheed
Hussain
, INTRODUCTION
Scientific name : Anethum graveolens L
Family : Apiaceae/Umbelliferae
English name : Dill, Garden Dill, Anet
Indian name : Sowa, Soya (Hindi, Bengali,
Punjabi and Urdu) Chromosome no. : 2n = 22
Common Names
Hindi : Sowa
Bengali :Sowa
Gujarati : Surva
Kannada : Sabasige
Kashmiri : Sor
Malayalam : Sathakuppa 3
Economic importance
, • Entire dill plant used as aromatic
• Most of the volatile oil is in the seed (fruit)
• Principle constituent of herb oil is -
phellandrene
• Seed oil – carvone
• Oil content in fresh herbage from 0.6 – 2.84%
• Oil content at flowering stage 1.5-1.7% 4
Origin and Distribution
➢Anethum graveolens is a native of the Orient
and Mediterranean countries.
➢Orient is the eastern part of Asia.
➢ The Orient includes countries and regions like
Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Asia is a much larger continent which includes
places like India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Tibet,
Nepal and most of Russia.
uzma maqbool and Kaneez Fatima
❖ Section : B
❖ Class : 4th sem (2nd year)
❖ Topic assignment : DIL
❖ Course name : spice and
condiments
❖ Course instructor : Dr. khursheed
Hussain
, INTRODUCTION
Scientific name : Anethum graveolens L
Family : Apiaceae/Umbelliferae
English name : Dill, Garden Dill, Anet
Indian name : Sowa, Soya (Hindi, Bengali,
Punjabi and Urdu) Chromosome no. : 2n = 22
Common Names
Hindi : Sowa
Bengali :Sowa
Gujarati : Surva
Kannada : Sabasige
Kashmiri : Sor
Malayalam : Sathakuppa 3
Economic importance
, • Entire dill plant used as aromatic
• Most of the volatile oil is in the seed (fruit)
• Principle constituent of herb oil is -
phellandrene
• Seed oil – carvone
• Oil content in fresh herbage from 0.6 – 2.84%
• Oil content at flowering stage 1.5-1.7% 4
Origin and Distribution
➢Anethum graveolens is a native of the Orient
and Mediterranean countries.
➢Orient is the eastern part of Asia.
➢ The Orient includes countries and regions like
Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Asia is a much larger continent which includes
places like India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Tibet,
Nepal and most of Russia.
