Plant profile · Europe
Fennel
Anise-scented bulb, frond, and seed. After-meal seed is the old European chew. The whole plant is kitchen and garden.
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Benefits and traditional uses
- Traditional seed for gas and after-meal ease
- Culinary bulb and frond
- Tall, sunny perennial
Mediterranean tables chewed fennel seed after meals and cooked the bulb. A swallowtail plant in the garden.
Precautions
- Licorice-anise family confusion: know what you have.
- Culinary amounts are the everyday form.
Prepare
Seed as tea or chew. Bulb as food. Essential oil is concentrated.
Dosage
Dosage is not provided in this prototype. A later sourced record can sit here. Do not treat any number on this site as a prescription.
Grow
Sun, drainage, space. It self-sows. Do not plant next to dill if you want true seed.
Self-sows · Kitchen plant · Swallowtail host
Cultural context
Character-led stories and cultural notes will live here once Maria’s research pass is in. Region on this card: Mediterranean.
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