Kalmar "genus Cynara" tana nufin rukunin tsire-tsire a cikin dangin Asteraceae, wanda aka fi sani da dangin artichoke. Halin halittar Cynara ya ƙunshi nau'ikan tsire-tsire masu kama da sarƙaƙƙiya, gami da artichoke na duniya (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) da cardoon (Cynara cardunculus). Wadannan tsire-tsire an san su da manyan furanni masu girma da kuma amfani da su a cikin maganin gargajiya don cututtuka daban-daban. Kalmar "cynara" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Helenanci "kynara," wanda ke nufin "artichoke."