SWEET FENNEL | |
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| 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. |