Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ferula assa-foetida L. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akutakantakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anjedān	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
anjedān-e-mantan	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
asa foetida	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
asafetida	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
asafoetida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
asafédita	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
asafétida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
asant	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
ase fétide	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
assa fetida	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
assa fétida	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
assa-foetida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
assafetida	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
atakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atikanari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attiyakirakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahleeka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhedana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhutnasan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakantirapeti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantunacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
capapatankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
capapatankamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukantiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukantiramaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
culakirutu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuttakaitavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuttakaitavamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devil's dung	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
devil's-dung	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dyvelsträck	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ferula del sagapeno	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995)
ferulae resina	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
férule asafétide	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995)
férule persique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gane-bu	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh, 2012)
gathukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
giant fennel	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gum asafetida	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
halatayta	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
haltida	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
haltit	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
heeng	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heltit	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
himg	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hing	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
hingra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingina gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inguva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inkuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inkupumam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inkura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inkuramam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inkutumam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intuli b	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intuli y	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iramatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iramatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iranam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaparimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karikkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuracam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuramatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutanacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutanacanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttaracam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narukamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narukatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parunkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perungayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perungkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perungyum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunkayanari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putanacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putanacini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raamatamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
regel	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
sahasveani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shing kun	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shing kün	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
stinkasant	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sulanasan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sup	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
teufelsdreck	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ucitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ukkitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urappam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urappankayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uraral	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urpalacacanan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urumparam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vallikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
آنغوزه	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
انجدان	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
انجدان منتن	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ةتيتلح	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
حلتيت	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ཤིང་ཀུན།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ᾱnqozeh	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
gum		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
	Resin	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
	Gum	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh, 2012)
	Resinum	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Resin		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Oleo gum resin		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Fruit		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Gum, Roots, La		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Latex, Bark		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Flowers, Leaves		Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
Seeds, leaves		Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Gum resin		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Resin		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
oleo-gum-resin		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
exudate		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stem	resin exudate	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
	emulsion, pills, tincture	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
exudate	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Oleo-Gum Resin		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Narthex polakii Stapf Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38: 70 (1888).
Ferula foetida St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 70 (1880).
Ferula hooshee Lindl. ex Descourt. Fl. Méd. Antilles 1: 46 (1821).
Narthex silphium Oerst. Overs. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh. Medlemmers Arbeider 1869: 21 (1869).
Peucedanum assa-foetida (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 98 (1879).
Peucedanum hooshee (Lindl. ex Descourt.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 186 (1879).
Scorodosma assa-foetida (L.) H.Karst. Ill. Repert. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 845 (1886).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ferula asa-foetida	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Ferula asa-foetida L	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Ferula asa-foetida L.	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Ferula asafoetida Linn.	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Ferula assa-foetida	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Ferula assa-foetida L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh, 2012) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Ferula assafetida L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ferula assafoetida L.	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ferula assafoetida Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Narthex polakii Stapf &n Wettst.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)

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