Description Of the Latin foeniculum, hay, reference to the structure to foliar. It is a biennial plant, of up to 2 ms of height, provided with a great fusiform, almost always bifid root. The leaves, very pecioladas and laciniadas, have a great fleshy case amplexicaule, eatable. The flowers are grouped in small umbelas that constitute one as well umbela greater. The corola is pentapétala, with the petals of yellow color. The fruit is formed by two aquenios of ovoidal form with apparent ribs. It is not common to locate the selvática form, but he is very frequent like vegetable. It is collected of August to November, and spontaneous it grows on uncultivated lands.
Used parts: The root and the fruits.
Composed chemical: The essence contains: anetol, pineno, canfeno, limoneno, felandreno, pectina, fats, sugars, oxalato of calcium, starch. An essential oil by means of distillation of the fruits is obtained, in a proportion from the 3 to 7 %, has typical scent, greenish color and average density of 0,97.
Way of use Infusion, flowed extract, tinctures, enolito, essence.
Note: The fruits widely are used in the manufacture of licores and like conservantes in numerous homemade preparations. The essence has to be able bactericidal and in the suckling babies it is transmitted through milk. To high doses she is convulsive and, if they consume the animals, he returns them afraid. From hinojo a yellow colorante substance is obtained.
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