Celery Seed Apium graveolens Seeds in Bulk packaging Shipped in 20″ FCL Container

Botanical Origin:

Common name: Celery

Latin name: Apium graveolens L

Family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

Other names: Arabic: Karfas, Karafs; Czech: Celer; German: Sellerie, Eppich; English: Celeriac; French: Céleri ; Spanish: Apio; Swedish: Selleri

Description:

Apium graveolens L, the common celery, is a hapaxanthic herb, grown as a biennial and, unde  certain conditions, as an annual.

From the beet-like tap-root (the uppermost part being a shoot) with its fibrous sideroots rises an aerial stem, 2 to 3 ft. high, branched and leafy, which bears compound umbels of small white flowers. The small fruit (or seed, as it is called commercially) consists of an ovate, dark brown cremocarp.

Possessing a characteristic, agreeable odor and a warm, aromatic, somewhat pungent taste, it is employed as condiment in the flavoring of food products. The seed also serves as birds’ food. The volatile or essential oil distilled from celery seed is used extensively for flavoring purposes.

Range & Habitat:

Celery, Apium graveolens L, is native to North America, South America and to Eurasia; as a wild plant it preferws NaCl and, therefore, grows in coastal regions. Although extensively cultivated as a vegetable, the dried ripe fruit are produced as a spice in the People’s Republic of China, France, India, Italy, Pakistan, the United States, and Great Britain.

The reported life zone of celery is 5 to 27ºC with an annual precipitation of 0.3 to 4.6 meters and a soil pH of 4.2 to 8.3. The plants thrive in deep sandy or loamy soils but require irrigation because of their shallow root systems. Plants are seeded or transplanted, and the compound white umbels, cross-pollinated by insects, are developed in the second year. Harvested plants are allowed to dry and are then threshed to remove seeds.

Planting & Cultivation:

Celery is planted by seed in nurseries during July and August. Late in the fall, before cold weather sets in, the young plants are transplanted into open fields.

Harvesting and Preparing for the Market:

The harvest takes place the following August and lasts about eight days. The plants are collected in the early morning; after several hours of drying, the material is ready for threshing.

The crude seed, after threshing is submitted to winnowing and finally sifted into various sizes. The whole procedure results in a number of products:

1. Large, selected seed.
2. Small seed.
3. Wastage (chaff, winnowings) of seed.
4. Dried umbels and leaves, after seed has been removed.
5. Stalks and leaves from the whole herb.

An essential oil is obtained from seeds or seed chaff (lower quality) by a process of crushing and steam distillation

Yield of seed per Acre:

The yield of celery seed is apparently not very large, and varies considerably. From 300 to 600 lb. per acre have been reported.

Export Markets:

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1. Incoterms: FOB
2. Quantity: one 20″ FCL Container Minimum
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4. Documentation: COA, MSDS, TDS, GC Peaks
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7. Lead time: Shipping through 10 days from receipt of the payment.
8. Sea Shipping Time: 35 days
9. Air shipping time: 10 days

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8. Egyptian Ministry of Health Permission

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