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The Latin name for fennel is foeniculum vulgare.
Both the crunchy bulb and the seeds of the fennel plant have a mild, licorice-like flavor.
Yet, the flavor of the seeds is more potent due to their powerful essential oils.
The benefits of fennel tea are both culinary and curative. Fennel is used in many different cuisines, from Indian to Italian, to contemporary fusion, and all parts of the plant are used, including the leaves, seeds, and bulb.
Aside from its many culinary uses, fennel and its seeds offer a wide array of health benefits and may provide antioxidant.
►Foeniculum vulgare, commonly known as fennel, is a flavorful plant. ►Fennel plants are green and white, with feathery leaves and yellow flowers. ►The ancient Greeks and Romans thought fennel could bring strength and fortitude and lead to longer life. ►Fennel seeds contain powerful phytonutrients and antioxidants, the most potent of them being anethole, which makes them highly nutritious and powerful. ►Also called semillas de hinojo in Spanish, graines de fenouil in French, and budhur alfianal in Arabic, the seeds are too beneficial to ignore.