This plant is cultivated throughout India. It is an erect annual herb with striate stems.
Flowers are pure white in colour.
The fruits are oval, shinning, yellow, aromatic with faint ridges. Properties Ajwain fruits are bitter, thermogenic, antispasmodic, stimulant, tonic, digestive, and anti flatulent. They are known to possess anti bacterial properties. It is rich in calcium and iron. Uses Ajwain is used to cure indigestion , flatulence , bronchitis , cough , cold , and diarrhoea .