Description

It is native to so many sea shores of Mediterranean; still it can be found anywhere, wherever the soil is dry near the sea costs or river banks. It can also be thrived in so many parts of Europe.

Fennel, which is widely cultivated for its taste and digestive purposes, is called Saunf in India and Pakistan. It grows on Foeniculum vulgare plant, till the height of 2.5, its leaves are more or less similar to dill but in look they are quite sleek and slender. Saunf is a seed which is dried for the use. Flowers, from which this dried seed is separated, are cultivated in terminal umbels (umbels are like umbrellas where a number of short flowers stalk are grown in equal length , their end growth points are same) .Generally its stems are also preserved for taste and flavouring. in original conditions it varies in size and shape. It has so many other species.