Steinmetz:Foeniculum

Foeniculum duice

Also known as (or relevant to) Foeniculum duice Foeniculum sativum Family Umbelliferae English Names Florence Fennel Roman Fennel Sweet Fennel Natural Habitat Southern Europe Syria Egypt; cultivated in Italy Part(s) Used Fructus Foeniculi romani

Constituent(s) volatile oil (containing much anethole but no fenchone) Action stalk: used as a most delicious vegetable; seed; used for the same purposes as those of Foeniculum vulgare

Foeniculum panmorium

Also known as (or relevant to) Foeniculum panmorium Anethum panmorium Family Umbelliferae English Names Indian Fennel Natural Habitat India

Constituent(s) essential oil (but far less than is contained in Foeniculum vulgare and in Foeniculm dulce)

Foeniculum vulgare

Also known as (or relevant to) Foeniculum vulgare Foeniculum capillaceum Anethum foeniculum Family Umbelliferae English Names Fennel Natural Habitat Central- and Southern Europe Western Asia Russia China Japan Argentine Part(s) Used Fructus Foeniculi Herba Foeniculi Radix Foeniculi Oleum Foeniculi

Constituent(s) volatile oil (chiefly consisting of anethole and fenchone) fixed oil sugar starch protein; the oil contained in the root is different from that in the seed Action seed: stomachic stimulant digestive carminative expectorant restorative galactagogue aromatic slightly sedative: herb; expectorant emmenagogue; root: pectoral carminative diuretic; oil: carminative antiparasitic (excessive doses are dangerous)

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book