Erect annual herb (sometimes perennial) ; up to 50 cm tall or more , with smell of celery . Stems prominent rather coarse grooves , sparingly branched , fleshy , glabrous , rising from a large fleshy taproot . Leaves alternate , bright green , fleshy , petiolate , divided into 3 lobed leaflets ; leaflets often 3-lobed , sinuate to entire margins , glabrous ; petiole 10-15 mm , sheathing at the base . Inflorescences in axillary and terminal umbels , shortly pedunculate or ± sessile in leaf axils ; rays 4-10 ; bracts and bracteoles absent . Flowers small , creamy-white ; calyx minute ; petals ± 1 mm . Fruit 0 . 75-1 . 5 mm , ovoid to round , brown , blackish when ripe , glabrous , with prominent ridges . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Carum graveolens (L.) Koso-Pol.
Celeri graveolens (L.) Britton
Helosciadium graveolens (L.) Rojas Acosta
Selinum graveolens (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Seseli graveolens (L.) Scop.
Sium graveolens (L.) Vest
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maintenanceAr.Item1
Celery
Wild Celery
Smallage
In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2007) wrote that: "Wild celery is edible and is often cultivated". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.2). In addition, Patzelt (2015) mentioned that: "The wild celery is cultivated as a vegetable (celery and celeriac) depending on whether the stalk or roots are eaten. Wild celery has been used since ancient times; it features in the herbal medicinal traditions of many civilisations". (Ref. Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains; 2015).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
