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'''Ajamodika''' or '''Trachyspermum roxburghianum''' (also known as '''Carum roxburghianum''') is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is grown extensively in the South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia. Its aromatic dried fruits, like its close relative ajwain, are often used in Bengali cuisine but are rarely used in the rest of India. The fresh leaves are used as an herb in Thailand and it is used medicinally in Myanmar.

== Description Uses== The small dried fruits{{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|intestinal parasites}}, {{Uses|colic}}, {{Uses|cramps}}, {{Uses|asthma}}, {{Uses|cough}}, commonly referred to as seeds{{Uses|cold}}, are similar in appearance to those of ajwain{{Uses|bronchitis}}, celery{{Uses|arthritis}}, {{Uses|gout and caraway. Because of their similarity pain in both appearance joint}}, {{Uses|rheumatism}}, {{Uses|pain and flavor, it is often confused or substituted with celery seedinflammation}}.

== Uses Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Seeds}}.

It is a very strong spice, with a characteristic smell similar to parsley and a taste similar to celery. A couple of pinches can easily overpower a curry. In Bengali cuisine the seeds are used whole, quickly fried in very hot ==Chemical Composition==The ajwain essential oil until they cracklecontained thymol (87. They are part of a local panch phoron 75%) and carvacrol (Bengali five spice11.17%) mixture, the other ingredients are cumin seed, fenugreek seed, fennel seed, as major constituents and kalonjimajor nonphenolic components quantified were p-cymene (60. In other places, a common use is in pickles or spice mixtures78%) and γ-terpinene (22.26%)<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Common namenames=={{Common names|kn=Ajamodhavoma|ml=Ayamodakam|sa=Ajamoda|ta=Asamtavomam|te=Ajumoda, Vamu|hi=Ajmod|en=Wild Celery }}

* '''English''' ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Wild celery Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.*'''Hindi''' - Ajmod===Dravya===

== External Links =Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava===

==Habit=={{Habit|Annual plant}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are 2.5-8 cm long, variously pinnatisect, ultimate segments narrowly linear}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-20|White, often with a pinkish tinge and Flowering Time is December - January }} ===Fruit==={{Fruit| Ovoid|7–10 mm|Subglobose, compressed, mucriate or hispid fruiting time is December - January||Single}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used== ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==The plant is cultivated in southeast Asia at elevations up to 750 metres<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Adventive on forest margins}}, {{Commonly seen|Ruderal areas}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">Image:Apium_graveolens3.jpg|FloweringImage:Apium graveolens var. rapaceum flowering.jpg|FlowersImage:Apium graveolens var. rapaceum flowers.jpg|FlowersImage:Snijselderij Apium graveolens.jpg|(nl: Snijselderij) leaf celleryImage:Celery pose.jpg|(nl:Bleekselderij)</gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2017/vol6issue3/PartB/6-2-14-456.pdf Phytochemical investigation]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://www.efloraofgandhinagar.in/herb/trachyspermum-roxburghianum Plant description]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Trachyspermum+roxburghianum Cultivation Details]</ref></references> ==External Links==*[https://enwww.wikipediasciencedirect.orgcom/topics/wikiagricultural-and-biological-sciences/Trachyspermum_roxburghianum apium-graveolens Trachyspermum roxburghianumon science direct]* [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10496475.2011.560089 Chemical Composition of Three Ecotypes of Wild Celery ]* [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10412905.2000.9712203 Volatile Seed Oils of Trachyspermum roxburghianum Benth. ex. Kurz. from India]