Fennel Plant
Scientific name of Fennel: Foeniculum vulgare
Name of Fennel in different languages:-
English: Fennel, Sweet fennel, Florence fennel
Sanskrit: Stoolajeerak, Misreya, Madhurika
Hindi: मोटी सौंफ Moti saunf
Tamil: Sompu
Malayalam: Perumjeerakam-പെരുംജീരകം
Plant description
Fennel Plant is a perennial herb, erect, slender, glaucous green, and grows up to 2.5 m tall, stems are hollow. The leaves are threadlike, thin, pale green, grow to 40 cm long and about 0.5 mm wide. The flowers are yellow, tiny, found in terminal compound umbels wide up to 15 cm, each umbel section having 20–50 tiny pedicels.
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Medicinal uses:
To treat colitis, Constipation, Painful menstruation, Stomach upset and indigestion, Bronchitis, Cough, Mild spasms of the stomach and intestines, flatulence, Bloating, respiratory tract infection.
Useful plant parts: fennel seeds
Chemical contents: glucoside,cis-miyabenol C
Fennel is used as an ingredient to prepare the Ayurvedic medicines like:
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