botanical record · discovered
Celery
Apium graveolens
Celery · (ruoka)selleri · Apio · Bakkestjerna · Bitter Bakkestjerna · Bolltistel · Celeri · Cèleri · Céleri · Céleri, Céleri odorant · Céleri-branche · Echter Sellerie · Fligbladet Tidselkugle · Grå bolltistel · Gråbinka
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Iraq, Mexico, India, Turkey, Dominican Republic, China, Haiti, Cuba
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alterative, Anasarca, Anodyne, Antigalactogogue
Science studied: ACETIC-ACID, ADENINE, ADENOSINE, ALUMINUM
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Apiaceae
Scientific name: Apium graveolens
Common names: Celery, (ruoka)selleri, Apio, Bakkestjerna, Bitter Bakkestjerna, Bolltistel, Celeri, Cèleri, Céleri, Céleri, Céleri odorant, Céleri-branche, Echter Sellerie, Fligbladet Tidselkugle, Grå bolltistel, Gråbinka
POWO: 838067-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Iraq, Elsewhere, Mexico, India, Turkey, Dominican Republic, China, Haiti and 6 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alterative
- Anasarca
- Anodyne
- Antigalactogogue
- Antiseptic
- Apertif
- Arthritis
- Bruise
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- Calmative
- Carminative
- Colic
- Deobstruent
- Depurative
- Digestive
- Diuretic
- Dysmenorrhea
- Dyspepsia
- Emmenagogue
- Hoarseness
- Nervine
- Poultice
- Refrigerant
- Resolvent
- Rheumatism
- Scurvy
- Sedative
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Tumor(Breast)
- Wen
- Dropsy
- Aphrodisiac
- Baldness
- Flux
- Gout
- Melancholy
- Metrorrhagia
- Sore
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Iraq
- Elsewhere
- Mexico
- India
- Turkey
- Dominican Republic
- China
- Haiti
- Cuba
- Spain(Balearic I)
- US(NM)
- Belgium
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- UK
- Philippines
Documented cultural uses
- Alterative
- Anasarca
- Anodyne
- Antigalactogogue
- Antiseptic
- Apertif
- Arthritis
- Bruise
- Calmative
- Carminative
- Colic
- Deobstruent
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- Depurative
- Digestive
- Diuretic
- Dysmenorrhea
- Dyspepsia
- Emmenagogue
- Hoarseness
- Nervine
- Poultice
- Refrigerant
- Resolvent
- Rheumatism
- Scurvy
- Sedative
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Tumor(Breast)
- Wen
- Dropsy
- Aphrodisiac
- Baldness
- Flux
- Gout
- Melancholy
- Metrorrhagia
- Sore
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Alterative · Iraq · "
- Anasarca · Elsewhere · "
- Anodyne · Elsewhere · "
- Antigalactogogue · Mexico · "
- Antiseptic · Iraq · "
- Antiseptic · India · "
- Apertif · Turkey · "
- Arthritis · Iraq · "
- Bruise · Dominican Republic · "
- Calmative · China · "
- Carminative · Turkey · "
- Carminative · Iraq · "
- Carminative · Elsewhere · "
- Colic · Elsewhere · "
- Deobstruent · Turkey · "
- Depurative · Turkey · "
- Digestive · China · "
- Diuretic · Iraq · "
- Diuretic · Elsewhere · "
- Diuretic · Dominican Republic · "
- Dysmenorrhea · Turkey · "
- Dyspepsia · China · "
- Emmenagogue · Turkey · "
- Hoarseness · Dominican Republic · "
40 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) Influences Nutritional Characteristics and the Relative GC–MS Chemical Profile of Aquaponically Cultivated Celery (Apium graveolens) · 2026 source ↗
- Effects of HHAIB combined with FIR-PVFD on drying characteristics, microstructure, physicochemical properties, and pesticide residues of celery stalks (Apium graveolens L.). · 2026 source ↗
- Nanoemulsion of Apium graveolens essential oil as a natural pre-emergent herbicide. · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETIC-ACID
- ADENINE
- ADENOSINE
- ALUMINUM
- ANGELIC-ACID
- APIGENIN
- APIUMETRIN
- ARGININE
- ARSENIC
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- ASPARAGINE
- BENTONITE
- BENZOYL-BENZOATE
- BERGAPTEN
- BORON
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- E-BUTYLIDENEPHTHALIDE
- Z-BUTYLIDENEPHTHALIDE
- 3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE
- CALCIUM
- CAPRIC-ACID
- CIS-CARVYL-ACETATE
- TRANS-CARVYL-ACETATE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CITRONELLAL
- COBALT
- COPPER
- CYSTINE
- DIACETYL
- CIS-1(7),8-DIEN-2-OL
- DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE
- 4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE
- ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE
- DODECANAL
- BETA-ELEMENE
- TRANS-1,2-EPOXYLIMONENE
- BETA-EUDESMOL
- EUGENOL
- FAT
- FIBER
- FOLIACIN
- GERANYL-ACETATE
- GLUCOSIDASE
- GLYCINE
- GUAIACOL
- HEXANAL
- CIS-3-HEXENOL
- CIS-3-HEXENYL-ACETATE
- HISTIDINE
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- ALPHA-IONONE
- ISOBUTYLIDENE
- ISOBUTYRIC-ACID
- 3-ISOVALERIDENE-PHTHALIDE
- ISOVALERIC-ACID
- 3-ISOVALERIDENE-3A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE
- 3-ISOVALIDENE-PHTHALIDE
- LEAD
- LEUCINE
- Z-LIGUSTILIDE
- CIS-LIMONENE-OXIDE
- TRANS-LIMONENE-OXIDE
- LINASE
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUTEOLIN
- LUTEOLIN-GLYCOSIDE
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- TRANS-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL
- CIS-P-MENTHA-1(7),8-DIEN-2-YL-ACETATE
- MERCURY
- METHIONINE
- 5-METHOXY-PSORALEN
- 8-METHOXY-PSORALEN
- MOLYBDENUM
- MUFA
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- MYRISTICIN
- NEOCNIDILIDE
- NERYL-ACETATE
- NICOTINE
- CIS-OCIMENE
- OXALIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PENTOSANE
- N-PENTYL-BENZENE
- PEROXIDASE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PHOSPHORUS
- ALPHA-PINENE
- PINOCARVYL-ACETATE
- POLYACETYLENES
- POTASSIUM
- PROPIONALDEHYDE
- PROTEIN
- PSORALEN
- QUERCETIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- RUBIDIUM
- SANTALOL
- SEDANOIC-ACID
- SEDANOLIDE
- SEDANONIC-ANHYDRIDE
- BETA-SELINENE
- GAMMA-SELINENE
- SELENIUM
- SERINE
- SFA
- SINAPIC-ACID
- STEARIC-ACID
- SULFUR
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- GAMMA-TERPINEOL
- ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE
- ALPHA-TERPINYL-PROPIONATE
- THIAMIN
- TIGLIC-ACID
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- TYROSINE
- VIT-B-6
- WATER
- XYLOSE
- ZINC
- SENKYUNOLIDE-N
- L-TRYPTOPHAN
- GLUTAMIC-ACID(FREE)
- ASPARAGINE(FREE)
- BENZOIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- 7-[3-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-4-HYDROXYMETHYL-TETRAHYDRO-FURAN-2-YLOXY)-4,5-DIHYDROXY-6-HYDROXYMETHYL-TETRAHYDRO-PYRAN-2-YLOXY]...
- BIACETYL
- FLAVONOIDS
- MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-REDUCTASE
- SENKYUNOLIDE-J
- IRON
- ARSENIC-OXIDE
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- GALACTOSE
- GERANYL-BUTYRATE
- ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LYSINE
- SEDANOLINE
- ACETALDEHYDE
- ALANINE
- APIGENIN-7-BETA-APIOSYL-GLUCOSIDE
- ARABINOSE
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BROMINE
- BUTYLPHENYL-KETONE
- N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE
- CADMIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CAROTENES
- CARVYL-ACETATE
- CHOLINE
- DECYL-ACETATE
- DIHYDROCARVEOL
- ALPHA-EUDESMOL
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- HEPTANOL
- CIS-3-HEXEN-1-YL-PYRUVATE
- BETA-HUMULENE
- ISOLEUCINE
- KETO-ALCOHOL
- E-LIGUSTILIDE
- LINALOOL
- CIS-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL
- NIACIN
- OCTANAL
- SELANOLIDE
- D-SELINENE
- THREONINE
- UNDECANAL
- VALINE
- XANTHOTOXIN
- THYMOL
- TRANS-ANETHOLE
- PERILLALDEHYDE
- SILICON
- BETA-CAROTENE
- OLEIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PUFA
- SODIUM
- BETA-PINENE
- 3-ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE
- CARVONE
- INOSITOL
- CHROMIUM
- EO
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- SUGARS
- THIAMINE
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE
- CIS-DIHYDRO-ISOCARVONE
- CITRONELLYL-ACETATE
- COUMARINS
- DIHYDROCARVONE
- FERULIC-ACID
- FORMALDEHYDE
- GALACTURONIC-ACID
- GLUTAMINE
- HEPTANAL
- HEXANOL
- LAURIC-ACID
- LINALYL-ACETATE
- MUCILAGE
- MYRCENE
- NERAL
- NICKEL
- NITROGEN
- NODAKENETIC
- P-CYMENE
- P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID
- P-MENTHA-8(9)-EN-1,2-DIOL
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- PROLINE
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- S-METHYL-METHIONINE
- SABINENE
- SEDANENOLIDE
- SENKYUNOLIDE
- SPINOSTEROL
- TRANS-2-HEXENOL
- SUCCINIC-ACID-DEHYDROGENASE
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- TRANS-P-MENTHA-1(7),8-DIEN-2-OL
- TRYPTOPHAN
- VALERIC-ACID
- 5,6,7-TRIMETHYLPSORALEN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- C-PRENYL-COUMARINS
- CAMPESTEROL
- COUMARIN-GLYCOSIDES
- DELTA-6,7-OCTADECANOIC-ACID
- DELTA-7,8-OCTADECANOIC-ACID
- FARCARINOL
- FURANOCOUMARINS
- HERNIARIN
- IMPERATORIN
- ISOVALERIANIC-ALDEHYDE
- KAEMPFEROL
- MALONIC-ACID
- METHYL-PHTHALIDES
- PROPIONIC-ALDEHYDE
- QUERCETIN
- RESINIC-ACID
- SALICYLATES
- STIGMASTEROL
- XANTHOXOTIN
- N-6-BENZYL-ADENINE
- N-6-BENZYL-ADENINE-RIBOSIDE
- N-6-ISOPENT-2-ENYL-ADENOSINE
- DI-N-PROPYL-AMINE
- DIMETHYL-AMINE
- N-PENTYL-AMINE
- N-PROPYL-AMINE
- 5-ALPHA-ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE
- ANGELICIN
- ANILINE
- N-METHYL-ANILINE
- APIGENIN-7-APIOSYLGLUCOSIDE
- APIGRAVIN
- APIIN
- APIUMETIN
- APIUMOSIDE
- DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID
- PENTYL-BENZENE
- BENZYL-BENZOATE
- BENZYL-AMINE
- CAMPHENE
- CAR-3-ENE
- CARVEOL-ACETATE
- CIS-CARVEOL
- DIHYDRO-ISOCARVEOL
- DIHYDRONEOISOCARVEOL
- DIHYDRONEOCARVEOL
- TRANS-CARVEOL
- TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- EPOXYCARYOPHYLLENE
- CELEREOIN
- CELEREOSIDE
- CELERIN
- CELEROSIDE
- CHOLINE-ASCORBATE
- CHRYSOERIOL-7-APIOSYL-GLUCOSIDE
- CINNAMALDEHYDE
- P-METHOXY-CINNAMIC-ACID
- CITRIC-ACID
- ISOCITRIC-ACID
- CITRONELLOL-ACETATE
- CNIDILIDE
- COLUMBIANETIN
- N-PENTYL-CYCLOHEXADIENE
- P-CYMOL
- DIPHENYLAMINE
- DODECAN-1-AL
- EUDESMOL
- FALCARINDIOL
- FALCARINONE
- 8-HYDROXYFALCARINONE
- FRUCTOSE
- FUMARIC-ACID
- GENTISIC-ACID
- GERANIOL-ACETATE
- GERANIOL-BUTYRATE
- GLUCOSE
- GLYCOLIC-ACID
- GRAVEOBIOSIDE-A
- GRAVEOBIOSIDE-B
- HEPTAN-1-AL
- HEPTAN-1-OL
- HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL
- HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-PYRUVATE
- HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL
- HEXAN-1-AL
- HEXAN-1-OL
- 3-METHYL-4-ETHYL-HEXANE
- HUMULENE
- HYPOXANTHINE
- ISOIMPERATORIN
- INDOSTEROL
- INOSINE
- LIGUSTILIDE
- CIS-LIGUSTILIDE
- LIMONENE
- (+)-LIMONENE
- LINALOOL-ACETATE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUTEOLIN-GLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-APIOSYL-GLUCOSIDE
- MALIC-ACID
- MANNITOL
- (-)-MARMESIN
- P-MENTH-8(9)-ENE-1,2-DIOL
- P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL
- P-MENTHA-CIS-1(7)-8-DIEN-2-OL
- P-MENTHA-CIS-2-8-DIEN-1-OL
- P-MENTHA-TRANS-1(7)-8-DIEN-2-OL
- P-MENTHA-TRANS-2-8-DIEN-1-OL
- MENTHONE
- METHYL-AMINE
- NEROL-ACETATE
- AMMONIA
- NH3
- NODAKENIN
- ALLOOCIMENE-I
- ALLOOCIMENE-II
- CIS-BETA-OCIMENE
- TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE
- TRANS-OCIMENE
- OCTAN-1-AL
- OSTHENOL
- OSTHOL
- PETROSELINIC-ACID
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- PHELLOPTERIN
- N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE
- N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE
- 3-ISOBUTLIDENE-3-(A)-4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE
- 3-ISOVALIDENE-3A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE
- ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE
- 3-ISOBUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE
- 3-N-BUTYL-PHTHALIDE
- 3-N-BUTYL-4,5-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE
- BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE
- ISOPIMPINELLIN
- PIPERIDINE
- PIPERITONE
- 5-METHOXY-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-OXYPSORALEN
- 8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN
- TRIMETHYL-PSORALEN
- ISOPULEGONE
- PYRROLIDINE
- PYRUVIC-ACID
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- QUINIC-ACID
- P-COUMAROYL-QUINIC-ACID
- RUTARETIN
- RUTIN
- ALPHA-SANTALOL
- SCOPARONE
- SCOPOLETIN
- SCOPOLIN
- SEDANOIC-ANHYDRIDE
- SEDANOLIC-ACID
- SEDANONIC-ALDEHYDE
- (+)-SELINENE
- ALPHA-SELINENE
- SESELIN
- SHIKIMIC-ACID
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- TARTARIC-ACID
- TERPINENE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- TERPINEOL-ACETATE
- TERPINEOL-PROPIONATE
- TERPINOLENE
- TOLUIDINE
- URANIUM
- UMBELLIFERONE
- UNDECAN-1-AL
- URONIC-ACID
- ISOVALERIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- N-VALERIC-ACID
- VELLEIN
- VITAMIN-A-PALMITATE
- VITAMIN-K-1
- ZEATIN
- ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE
- CARVEOL
- CHRYSOERIOL-GLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-APIOSYL-GLUCOSIDE
- PHTHALIDES
- 1(7),8(10)-P-MENTHADIEN-2-OL?
- 1,4-DIMETHYL-7-(1-METHYLETHENYL)-OCTAHYDRO-AZULENE
- 1-P-MENTHENE-9-AL
- 3,7,11-TRIMETHYL-1,2,6,10-DODECATRIENOL?
- 3-N-BUTYLHEXAHYDROPHTHALIDE
- 6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-PENTADECANONE
- ALPHA-CEDRENE
- APIOLE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- DELTA-SELINENE
- DIPENTENE-OXIDE
- (E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE
- ELEMOL
- FENCHOL
- GAMMA-DECALACTONE
- HUMULADIENONE
- HUMULENE-OXIDE
- METHYL-BUTYLBENZENE
- METHYL-PHENYLKETONE
- MYRTENAL
- MYRTENOL
- N-HEXYLCYCLOHEXADIENE
- PENTENYLBENZENE
- PINOCARVEOL
- TETRAHYDROPHTHALIDE
- VERBENOL
- (E)-8(9)-P-MENTHEN-1,2-DIOL?
- (E)-BETA-OCIMENE
- (Z)-BETA-OCIMENE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
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World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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