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Anethum sowa
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Anethum sowa is the botanical name applied to Indian dill, sometimes considered a subspecies or close relative of A. graveolens. Seed is the primary spice form in commerce; leaf use is more localised. In the kitchen, sowa seed brings warm dill-caraway-adjacent notes to Indian recipes. Label reading matters for spice importers. Growers in South Asia maintain landraces suited to local seasons.
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History
Botanists described Anethum sowa material from the Indian subcontinent.
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Agricultural departments documented sowa cultivation for seed.
Taxonomic debate linked sowa closely to graveolens while trade kept the name.
Spice specifications still list A. sowa for certain Indian dill seed lots.