Ferula hermonis
Ferula hermonis is a Middle Eastern species of plant in the family Apiaceae native to Syria, Israel and Lebanon. The epithet hermonis refers to Mount Hermon on the border between Syria and Lebanon.[1][2]
| Ferula hermonis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Ferula |
| Species: | F. hermonis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ferula hermonis Boiss. | |
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
- Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1873. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae 2: 985
- The International Plant Names Index
- Lebanon has its own natural version of Viagra, CNN International, 12 August 1998
- "Graham White, National Institute of Medical Herbalists, Ferula hermonis "The Lebanese Viagra" by Stuart FitzSimmons". Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
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