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السلري / كرافس / الكرفس النتن

Apium graveolens L.

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Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Roots
  • Seeds
Blooming period
May to September
Seed collection period
July to November
Potential medicinal uses
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Anti-lithic
  • Carminative
  • Diuretic
  • Emmenagogue
  • Febrifuge
  • Hypotensive
  • Nervine
  • Sedative
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • White
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Apium
Family
Apiaceae
Wikidata item
Q28298
GBIF Item
Apium graveolens L. (5371879)

References

  1. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  2. اسحق، جاد، وعيسى اسحق. الحاكورة: دليل عملي للعناية بالحديقة. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.
  3. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.
  4. Ghazanfar, Shahina A., and Chris Thorogood. A Herbal of Iraq. Kew Publishing, 2022.
  5. Hadas, Rivka, and Alexandra Sirota. “An Overview of the Goals and Functions of the Israeli Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops.” Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 54, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 149–56.

Citation

Apium graveolens L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/1073 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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