Ammi

A genus of the plant family Apiaceae; these plants contain furocoumarins which are direct photosensitizing compounds and cause light-sensitive dermatitis. Includes bishop's weed, meadow sweet (A. majus), visnaga (A. visnaga).

Ammi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Ammi L.
Species
including: Ammi majus Ammi visnaga

Ammi is a genus of 3 to 6 species of plants in the Apiaceae family. They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa and Southwest Asia. Ammi spp. (Bishops weed) is prohibited by the Australian New Zealand Food Standards code under standard 1.4.4 due to active constituents:

• furocromine
• coumarin derivatives
• .03% volatile oil (camphor and carvone)
• fixed oil & protein
• flavone glycosides (quercetin and kaempferol)

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment

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