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Foeniculum vulgare
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Family:
APIACEAE/UMBELLIFERAE
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Citation: Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8. n. 1, 1768; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 695. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 565(399). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Perumjeerakam, Perinceerakam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Fennel, Sweet fennel
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Description:
Herb to 1 m; branchlets glabrous. Leaves pinnately decompound, to 20 cm; segments filiform, to 5 cm; petiole to 10 cm; sheath 3 cm. Umbels compound, terminal or in upper axils, to 5 cm; peduncle to 15 cm; bracts and bracteoles 0. Flowers 4 mm wide; pedicel 1 cm. Calyx-lobes 0. Petals 5, ovate, yellow, inflexed. Stylopodium ovoid. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-celled; ovule 1 per cell; style confluent with disk. Fruit ellipsoid-subterete, 4 mm; mericarps dorsally flattened, glabrous; vittae 1 in the furrow and 2 on the commissure; carpophore divided to the base.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Wayanad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Mediterranean region
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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