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Ethnobotanical Plant Foeniculum vulgare

Common Name
Shih Lo; Tzu Mu Lo; Anis Vert; Hui Hsiang Chiu; Karasu-Uikyo; Fennel; Rezene; Shamar; L'Anis; Adas landi; Hinojo; Anis; Uikyo; Adas pedas; La Nuit; Shbint; Raziyane; Adas londa; Comino; Ama-Uikyo; Kaneer Razbana; Finocchio Forte; Tzu Mo; Hsiao Hui Hsiang

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Tonic Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tumor Italy Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermicide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Virility China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Vision China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.