Cuminum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Cuminum_cyminum_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-198.jpg

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|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Cuminum

|authority = L.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = including:

• Cuminum borszczowii
• Cuminum cyminum
• Cuminum setifolium
• Cuminum sudanense

}}

Cuminum is a genus of four flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. The most significant is Cuminum cyminum, source for the cumin seeds that are a popular spice.{{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Apiaceae/Cuminum/|title=Cuminum|date=2010|work=The Plant List|publisher=Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew|access-date=11 June 2013|archive-date=3 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703173547/http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Apiaceae/Cuminum/|url-status=live}}