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[[File:Ferula assa-foetida (Uzbekistan) 3.jpg|thumb|right|''Ferula narthex'']]
'''Ferula assafoetida''' is a perennial plant that can grow up to 2.50 metres tall.It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and related species are known by the trade name ''Asafoetida''source of materials. In Ayurveda, the herb has a great significance, in dealing with intestinal flatulence.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Flatulent colic}}, {{Uses|Cholera}}, {{Uses|Whooping Cough}}, {{Uses|Intestinal flatulence}}
===Flower===
{{Flower|Umbel||Yellow|5|regularly Regularly distributed from the base to the top of the plant, not pubescent. Rays up to 30. Petals deciduous.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||10-12 mm long| furrows Furrows 1-(2)-vittate; vittae large, sometimes branched||commissure Commissure 4-6-vittate, unequal and variable.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Ashta churna]]
* [[Phalasarpis]]
* [[Kankayan vati]]
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==Photo Gallery==
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Ferula assa-foetida (Uzbekistan) 2.jpg|FieldFerula assa-foetida (Uzbekistan) 1.jpg|Whole herbFerula assa-foetida (Uzbekistan) 3.jpg|Flowersകായം.JPG|Stem growing
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Chemical Composition">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asafoetida"chemistry"Chemistry]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063136Morphology]</ref><ref name="morphologyAyurvedic preparations">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063136 Ayurvedic preparations]</ref>
</references>
