General Information

COMMON NAMES: Dill TRADITIONAL NAMES: Taretare (MG MK), Taretare Tui-‘ei (AT), Taretare ?? (AK) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Eurasia COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, lowlands SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ?Food Cond, Material (Adornment) KEY FEATURES: Erect anise-scented herb to 1m. LEAVES fragrant, terminally threadlike. FLOWERS terminal double cluster, lower clustered stalks (10-45) to 10cm, each stalk with with terminal cluster of stalks to 1cm, each with a small yellow flower. FRUIT narrow-oval, 4x2mm, very flat, ridges winged. SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
	++?	++++	++	P		-		-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Anethum graveolens Linnaeus
SYNONYMS: Peucedanum graveolens; Peucedanum anethum

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Apiales; APIACEAE

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: ?Food Cond, Material (Adornment). Comments: Uses in neck and heat garlands (‘ei).

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.200 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.659 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.77 Hortus 3rd
p.72 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.400e Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02

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