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Misreya, Fennel

Misreya or Foeniculum vulgare is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. 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.

Uses

respiratory congestion, cough remedies, gas, acid stomach, gout, cramps, colic, spasms.

Parts Used

Leaves, Roots, Stem, 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^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Dodda sompu
Hindi	Moti saunf
Malayalam	Preumjirakam
Tamil	Sompu
Telugu	Peddajilakarra
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Misreya, Madhurika
English	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

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	40 cm long	they are finely dissected, with the ultimate segments filament-like, about 0.5 mm wide

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	5–15 cm wide	Yellow	5-20	The flowers are produced in terminal compound umbels

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
dry seed	4–10 mm long	This fruit is what the plant is better known for, and is usually mistakenly called seed	With hooked hairs	many	{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils but prefers a sunny dry position^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

dry soil, sea-coast, riverbanks.

Photo Gallery

A Torà (Segarra - Catalunya)
A Torà (Segarra - Catalunya)
Fenkoli
Habitus
Habit
Habitus
Habitus
Habitus

References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] "constituents"

[Leaf-2] "plant description"

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] "Cultivation details"

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-'''Misreya''' or '''Fennel''' is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. 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.
+'''Misreya''' or '''Foeniculum vulgare''' is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. 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.
 ==Uses==