Ferula tingitana
| Giant Tangier fennel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Ferula |
| Species: | F. tingitana
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| Binomial name | |
| Ferula tingitana | |
Ferula tingitana, the giant Tangier fennel, is a species of the Apiaceae genus Ferula. Despite the name, the plant is not a type of fennel proper, which belongs to another genus (Foeniculum).
Ferula tingitana is a tall perennial
umbels
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It grows in scrubland (batha and phrygana) and rocky areas.[1] Its range is the Mediterranean coast, in Spain, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Cyprus, and Turkey.[2]
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In the 1980s there was chemical interest in esters and ethers extracted from it.[4][5][6]
This species has been considered to have abortive and
contraceptive or abortifacient properties, which has been suggested to link it to Ferula
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References
- ^ "Ferula tingitana L." Flora of Israel Online. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30.
- ^ "Ferula tingitana L." Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ^ "Ferula tingitana L." The Euro+Med PlantBase.
- .
- PMID 3783161.
- PMID 4009187.
- PMID 4614935.
- S2CID 32144481.