Taxon: Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Batt.

See other conspecific taxa:

• Foeniculum vulgare (63 accessions)
• Foeniculum vulgare subsp. piperitum (3 accessions)
• Foeniculum vulgare subsp. vulgare var. azoricum (no accessions)
• Foeniculum vulgare subsp. vulgare var. vulgare (4 accessions)

Common names:

• Roman fennel   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 13:129.) – English
  
• sweet fennel   (Source: Ency CNatIn ) – English
  
• fenouil doux   (Source: Mansfeld ) – French
  
• Gewürzfenchel   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Ency CNatIn; Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (used for cosmetics, perfumes fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

Distributional range:

• only cultivated

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. [lists as F. vulgare var. dulce (DC.) Batt. & Trab.].
• Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. P. 13:129 in: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). [= F. vulgare Sweet Fennel Group].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [lists as F. vulgare var. dulce Batt. & Trab.].
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [lists as F. vulgare var. dulce Batt. & Trab.].
• Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. [lists as F. vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Thell.].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.

Check other web resources for Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Batt.:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Check other databases for images:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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