CUMIN SEEDS - IPM / ORGANIC

Descripción del producto

Description :
Cumin is the dried, white fruit with greyish brown colour of a small slender annual herb. The surface of the fruit has 5 primary ridges, alternatively has 4 less distinct secondary ridges bearing numerous short hairs. The plant is *5 to *0 cm high. The aromatic seed like fruit is elongated, ovoid, 3 to 6 mm long, slightly bitter and has a warm flavour. The flowers are white or rose coloured in small umbels.

Origin and Distribution :
Cumin is indigenous to Northern Egypt, Syria, the Mediterranean region, Iran and India. It is also cultivated in Mexico, China, Sicily and Malta. Cumin is a tropical plant and is cultivated as a rabi crop in areas where atmospheric humidity during February-March is low.

Uses :
Cumin seed have an aromatic odour and bitter taste. It is used as a condiment, and is an ingredient in curry powders, seasonings of breads, cakes and cheese. It is employed in native dishes of Central and South America. In medicine, it is used as a  carminative, stomachic and astringent. Cumin seed oil is used in perfumery and for flavouring liqueurs and cordials.

Botanical name : Cuminum cyminum L. 
Family name : Apiaceae 
Commercial part  : Fruit
Harvesting Sesason : February to March
Sesason : March-Aprli (Best buying period)
Labelling : As per buyer Requirement

Specification :
Purity: *5%, *8,%, *9%, *9.5% 
Moisture : 9% max

Packaging Details :
*5 Kg, *0 Kg & *0 Kg New Jute / Gunny Bags with or without inner bag / poly lined.*5 Kg & *0 Kg Poly Propylene (PP) Bags