SWEET FENNEL

Common name Sweet fennel
Botanical Name Foeniculum vulgare Mill
Vernacular name English-Fennel fruit
Hindi-Saunf
Gujarati-Varilyali
Sanskrit-Misi, Madhurika
Family Umbelliferacae
Class Magnoliopsida
Parts of plant used Fruit
Chemical Constituents Essiential oil and fixed oil
Therapeutic uses Used as carminative, digestive, lactogogue and diuretic and in treating respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders.

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