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'''Misreya''' or '''Fennel''' (Foeniculum vulgare) is a flowering plant species in the carrot family.<ref name="int"/> It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized in many parts of the world, especially on dry soils near the sea-coast and on riverbanks. It grows on dry soils near ==Uses=={{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}} ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Stem}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}} ==Chemical Composition== The major constituent of fennel oil is anethole. Other constituents include alpha pinene, beta myrcene, beta pinene, bitter fenchone, camphene, estragole (methyl-chavicol), fenchone, limonene, p-cymen, and safrole<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=Dodda sompu|ml=Preumjirakam|sa=Misreya, Madhurika|ta=Sompu|te=Peddajilakarra|hi=Moti saunf|en=Fennel, Sweet fennel}} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent), Madhura (Sweet)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Snigda (heavy)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Madhura (Sweet)===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|40 cm long|they are finely dissected, with the seaultimate segments filament-coast and on riverbankslike, about 0.5 mm wide}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

== Uses =Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|5–15 cm wide|Yellow|5-20|The flowers are produced in terminal compound umbels}}

It ===Fruit==={{Fruit|dry seed|4–10 mm long|This fruit is a highly aromatic and flavorful herb with culinary and medicinal uses and, along with the similar-tasting anise, is one of what the primary ingredients of absinthe. Florence fennel or finocchio plant is a selection with a swollenbetter known for, bulb-like stem base that and is used as a vegetable.usually mistakenly called seed|With hooked hairs|many}}

==Common nameList of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''

==How to plant/cultivate==An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils but prefers a sunny dry position<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|dry soil}}, {{Commonly seen|sea-coast}}, {{Commonly seen|riverbanks}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:FOENICULUM VULGARE - AGUDA - IB-112 (Fonoll).JPG|A Torà (Segarra - Catalunya)File:FOENICULUM VULGARE - AGUDA - IB-209 (Fonoll).JPG|A Torà (Segarra - Catalunya)Image:Foeniculum vulgare.jpg|FenkoliImage:Foeniculum vulgare.JPG|HabitusImage:Starr_030628-0083_Foeniculum_vulgare.jpg|HabitFile:Foeniculum vulgare prg 1.jpg|HabitusFile:Foeniculum vulgare prg 2.jpg|HabitusFile:Foeniculum-vulgare-habitus.jpg|Habitus</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="intchemical composition">[https://plantswww.usdasigmaaldrich.govcom/javalife-science/ClassificationServlet?sourcenutrition-research/learning-center/plant-profiler/foeniculum-vulgare.html "constituents"]</ref> <ref name=profile&symbol=FOENI&display"Leaf">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fennel.html "plant description"]</ref> <ref name=31 "Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down How to Genus plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Foeniculum Mill.+vulgare "Cultivation details"]</ref>

== Externa External Links ==* [http://www.planetayurveda.com/library/mishreya-foeniculum-vulgare Foeniculum vulgare on planet ayurveda]*[https://enwww.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/24271 Foeniculum vulgare on Invasive Species Compendium]* [http://www.wikipediamissouribotanicalgarden.org/wikiPlantFinder/Fennel Fennel-WikipediaPlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=275990 Foeniculum vulgare on missouri garden]