Black cumin honey
Nigella sativa
Amber to darker honey from fields of black cumin (Nigella sativa), grown around Burdur for its black seeds. The plant flowers there in June and July.
- Origin
- Turkey (Burdur province)
- Colour
- 85 mm · light amber
- Plant
- Nigella sativa · black cumin (nigella) →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Black cumin pollen makes up only 19–51% of the pollen grains in this honey, yet analyses still class it as a single-flower honey.
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