Celery is an umbelliferous, aromatic, herbaceous plant grown for its leaves, seeds, oleoresin, and essential oil. Celery plant is usually 30â??60 cm high, erect with conspicuously jointed stems, bearing well developed leaves on long expanded petioles. The rigid fruit is small, ovoid, 1 to 1.5 mm long, 1 to 2 mm in diameter, contains a small brown seed. The native habitat of celery extends from Sweden to Egypt, Algeria, and Ethiopia and in Asia, India, and China. It is an annual in the planes, whereas biennial in cold climate and on hills.

The dried ripped fruits (celery fruit) are used as spice. Leaves and stalks are used as salads and in soups. It is also widely used in meat seasonings, in flavoring beverages, confectionaries, ice creams and baked goods. It is figured as a natural medicine in different cultures. In modern medicine, it is used as a stimulant and for treating Asthma and liver diseases.