Ferula

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::summary Genus of plants ::

|image = Ferula communis2.jpg |image_caption = Ferula communis |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Ferula |authority = L. |synonyms = {{collapsible list |

  • Agasulis Raf.
  • Buniotrinia Stapf & Wettst.
  • Dardanis Raf.
  • Diserneston Jaub. & Spach
  • Dorema D.Don
  • Eriosynaphe DC.
  • Euryangium Kauffm.
  • Merwia B.Fedtsch.
  • Narthex Falc.
  • Pinacantha Gilli
  • Polycyrtus Schltdl.
  • Schumannia Kuntze
  • Scorodosma Bunge
  • Soranthus Ledeb.
  • Sumbulus H.Reinsch
  • Talassia Korovin |synonyms_ref =

Ferula (from Latin ferula ) is a genus of about 220 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to central Asia, mostly growing in arid climates. Many plants of this genus, especially F. communis, are referred to as "giant fennel", although they are not fennel in the strict sense.

Description

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They are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 1–4 m tall, with stout, hollow, somewhat succulent stems. The leaves are tripinnate or even more finely divided, with a stout basal sheath clasping the stem. The basal sheaths of Ferula oopoda, for example, are up to 15 cm long and form a cup holding about a cup of rainwater. The flowers are usually yellow, rarely white, produced in large umbels.

Selected species

Main article: List of Ferula species

Uses

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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Pleurotus_eryngii_-_Doğal_Ortamında_Çaşır_Mantarı.jpg" caption="''Pleurotus eryngii'' var. ''ferulae'']]. Ferula mushroom in [[Bingöl]], [[Turkey"] ::

The Roman spice laserpicium probably came from a species of Ferula, either an extinct one or Ferula tingitana or more recently Ferula drudeana, though other identities have been suggested. The Romans called the hollow light rod made from this plant a ferula (compare also fasces, judicial birches). Such rods were used for walking sticks, splints, for stirring boiling liquids, and for corporal punishment.

The gummy resin of many species of Ferula is used for various purposes:

References

References

  1. . (2017). ["''Ferula'' Tourn. ex L."](http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30105171-2#synonyms). *Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*.
  2. [http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Ferula Altervista Flora Italiana, genere ''Ferula'']
  3. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=112746 Flora of Pakistan, Ferula Linn]
  4. T.I. Agagmuradov, Badghiz, (1984)p. 187
  5. "Discovery! New plant species in Romania".
  6. [http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Ferula+assa-foetida Plants for a Future, Ferula assa-foetida L., Asafoetida - Devil's Dung. Hing]

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