Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ferula assa-foetida L. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akutakantakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anjedān	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
anjedān-e-mantan	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
asa foetida	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
asafetida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
asafoetida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 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)
asafétida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asant	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
ase fétide	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
asfetida	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
assa fétida	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
assa-foetida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
assafetida	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
assafoetida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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 Meds., 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dyvelsträck	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ferulae resina	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
férule persique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gane-bu	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
gathukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
giant fennel	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gum asafetida	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
halatayta	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
haltida	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
haltit	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
heeng	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heltit	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Tradit. 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
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) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
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) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
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) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
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) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
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 Meds., 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	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
انجدان	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
انجدان منتن	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ةتيتلح	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
حلتيت	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ཤིང་ཀུན།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ᾱnqozeh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
阿魏	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
gum		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
	Resin	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
	Gum	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 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 Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Fruit		Tradit. 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 Balochistan, Pakistan (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	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Ferula asa-foetida L	Pl. 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 Linn	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Ferula assa-foetida	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. 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) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) 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 Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ferula assafetida L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ferula assafoetida	Herbal Recipes Liver Cirrhosis (Wijayagunawardanea et al., 2015) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Ferula assafoetida L.	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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 (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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