Foeniculum vulgare

• Botanical Name : Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
• Synonyms : Foeniculum officinale All.
• Common Name : Fennel, Variyali, Sweet Fennel, Florence Fennel, Saunf
• Plant Family : Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 27

About Foeniculum vulgare Plant :

• Habit : A small annual herb.
• Leaves : Pinnately decompound, finely dissected, ultimate segments linear or filiform, petiolate, petioles broad and amplexicaul.
• Inflorescence : Compound umbels.
• Flowers :
  • Yellow-coloured, on short stalks, bracteate, bracts very small.
  • Calyx teeth 0, petals 5, broad, emarginate.
  • Stamens 5, epigynous, ovary inferior, crowned by a disk.
• Fruit : A cremocarp, oblong, carpophore 2-partite, mericarps, half-terete, ribbed and flattened.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : August - September
• Significance : Cultivated everywhere for its fruits, which are used as a condiment and purgative.