Fennel

Fennel
Fennel in flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Foeniculum
Species:	F. vulgare
Binomial name
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
Synonyms
Synonymy Anethum dulce DC. Anethum foeniculum L. Anethum minus Gouan Anethum panmori Roxb. Anethum panmorium Roxb. ex Fleming Anethum piperitum Ucria Anethum rupestre Salisb. Foeniculum azoricum Mill. Foeniculum capillaceum Gilib. Foeniculum divaricatum Griseb. Foeniculum dulce Mill. Foeniculum foeniculum (L.) H.Karst. Foeniculum giganteum Lojac. Foeniculum officinale All. Foeniculum panmorium (Roxb.) DC. Foeniculum piperitum C.Presl Foeniculum rigidum Brot. ex Steud. Ligusticum foeniculum (L.) Roth Ligusticum foeniculum (L.) Crantz Meum foeniculum (L.) Spreng. Meum piperitum Schult. Ozodia foeniculacea Wight & Arn. Selinum foeniculum E.H.L.Krause Seseli dulce Koso-Pol. Seseli foeniculum Koso-Pol. Seseli piperitum Koso-Pol. Tenoria romana Schkuhr ex Spreng.

Fennel has edible seeds, leaves, shoots, and in bulb-forming varieties, the bulbs, which are the main edible vegetable produced by those varieties.

Flowers and pollen are also foodstuffs from the fennel plant.

Acknowledgements

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