Fennel seeds, Packaging Type : Packets

Description

It is a biennial, aromatic, stout, glabrous, 1.5 to 1.8 mtr high. The ripe fruit (seed) is small, oblong, cylindrical, 6.8mm long, straight or slightly curved, greenish yellow, deeply furrowed, 5 ridged and having agreeable aroma.

Origin and Distribution

It is a native of Europe and Asia Minor. It is cultivated extensively in Northern India as a cold weather crop. It comes up well in fairly mild climate. The dry and cold weather favours high seed production. Prolonged cloudy weather at the time of flowering is conducive to diseases and pests.

Uses

The leaves of fennel is used for garnishing. Leaves and stalks are used in salads. It is an essential ingredient in Italian sausages, widely used to sprinkle on pizza. Dried fruits have fragrant odour and pleasant aromatic taste and therefore used as a masticatory. They are also used for flavouring soups, meat dishes, sauces, pastries, confectionaries and liquors. The fruits are aromatic, stimulant and carminative.

Botanical name Family name Commercial part
Foeniculum vulgare Miller Apiaceae Fruit

Indian Name

• Hindi : Saunf, sonp
  Bengali : Pan, Muhiri, Mauri
  Gujarati: Variari
  Kannada : Badi-sopu
  Malayalam: Perum jeerakam
  Marathi : Badishep
  Punjabi : Saunf
  Sanskrit: Madhurika
  Tamil : Shombei
  Telugu : Sopu, Pedda-jilakara

Name in international languages

• Spanish : Hinojo
  French : Fenouil
  German : Fenchel
  Swedish : Fankal
  Arabic : Shamar
  Dutch : Venkel
  Italian : Finocchio
  Portuguese: Funcho
  Russian : Fyenkhel
  Japanese: Uikyo
  Chinese : Hui-Hsiang