Ferula foetida
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Description: Illustrations and a description of Asafetida, with details of its constituents, medicinal action and uses.
Click on graphic for larger image Botanical: Ferula foetida (REGEL.) Food of the Gods. Devil's Dung. An oleogum-resin obtained by incision of root. Afghanistan and Eastern Persia. A coarse umbelliferous plant growing up to 7 feet high, large fleshy root covered with bristly fibres, has been for some time successfully cultivated in Edinburgh Botanical Gardens; stem 6 to 10 feet, numerous stem leaves with wide sheathing petioles; flowers pale greeny yellow, fruit oval, flat thin, foliaceous, reddish brown with pronounced vittae, it has a milky juice and a strong foetid odour; was first found in the sandy desert of Aral in 1844, but has been known since the twelfth century. Several species of
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