Ferula hermonis

Ferula hermonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ferula
Species: F. hermonis
Binomial name
Ferula hermonis
Boiss.

Ferula hermonis is a Middle Eastern species of plant in the carrot family native to Syria, [[Palestine and Lebanon. The epithet hermonis refers to Mount Hermon on the border between Syria and Lebanon.[1][2]

Common names include Zallouh (Arabic: زلّوع) and Lebanese Viagra. The latter name alludes to the traditional use of the roots of this plant as a purported aphrodisiac.[3][4]

References

  1. Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1873. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae 2: 985
  2. The International Plant Names Index
  3. Lebanon has its own natural version of Viagra, CNN International, August 12, 1998
  4. Graham White, National Institute of Medical Herbalists, Ferula hermonis "The Lebanese Viagra" by Stuart FitzSimmons
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.