Foeniculum vulgare
Foeniculum vulgare
Safety & Hazards
Skin contact with the sap or essential oil is said to cause photo-sensitivity and/or dermatitis in some people[ 218 Title Medicinal Plants of China Publication Author Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S. Publisher Reference Publications, Inc. Year 1985 ISBN 0-917256-20-4 Description Details of over 1,200 medicinal plants of China and brief details of their uses. Often includes an analysis, or at least a list of constituents. Heavy going if you are not into the subject. , 222 Title A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. Publication Author Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. Year 1990 ISBN 0395467225 Description A concise book dealing with almost 500 species. A line drawing of each plant is included plus colour photographs of about 100 species. Very good as a field guide, it only gives brief details about the plants medicinal properties. ]. Ingestion of the oil can cause vomiting, seizures and pulmonary oedema[ 222 Title A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. Publication Author Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. Year 1990 ISBN 0395467225 Description A concise book dealing with almost 500 species. A line drawing of each plant is included plus colour photographs of about 100 species. Very good as a field guide, it only gives brief details about the plants medicinal properties. ].
Botanical Description
Foeniculum vulgare is a much-branched, erect, biennial to short-lived perennial plant growing from a taproot; it can grow around 100 - 300cm tall[ 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ]. The plant has a long history of cultivation, especially for use as a food and a medicine, and has long been cultivated for these purposes. It is also harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. Foeniculum vulgare is a common kitchen herb used around the world - but it is also a highly invasive weed that can severely damage ecosystems. It is known to be invasive (mostly in natural habitats rather than agricultural land) in California, New Zealand, significant parts of Australia and a number of locations in the Pacific. The plant is known to alter fire regimes and create dense stands, outcompeting native flora for nutrients and space. It was listed in the Global Compendium of Weeds as an “agricultural weed, casual alien, cultivation escape, environmental weed, garden thug, naturalised, noxious weed, weed”. It can regenerate by both seeds and roots, which often makes physical control methods ineffective and chemical control necessary once a population is established[ 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ].