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    Facts about Wild Fennel

    By SylviaJune 5, 2022Updated:June 5, 2022No Comments6 Mins Read
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    Wild fennel Quick Facts
    Name: Wild fennel
    Scientific Name: Nigella arvensis
    Origin North Africa, central, southern and eastern Europe, the Caucasus region, and the Middle East as far as Iran, and has gone extinct in Switzerland and Crete
    Shapes Cylindrical capsules of 1.5 cm long, with very marked angles on the back of 3 prominent veins along their length
    Health benefits Support for digestive difficulties, flatulence, aerophagia, intestinal inflammations, heartburn, gas, bloating, angina, asthma, angina and coughs
    Nigella arvensis commonly known as field nigella or wild fennel is a species of flowering plant of the Umbelliferae family, which also includes dill, anise, cumin, caraway and other herbs. The plant is native to North Africa, central, southern and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus region, and the Middle East as far as Iran, and has gone extinct in Switzerland and Crete. It is a minor crop, used locally as a substitute for Nigella sativa, black caraway. Few of the popular common names of the plant are Black bread-weed, Wild fennel, Nigella, Wild fennel-flower, field fennel flower, field fennel flower and field nigella. 

    Wild fennel is an herb capable of providing excellent benefits to the body. Additionally, it is used in the kitchen to prepare excellent dishes. It is a very fragrant aromatic plant with a particular flavor. Due to its organoleptic characteristics, this herb is capable of giving incredible benefits to the body. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It can also be used in the kitchen to flavor some dishes of the Sicilian culinary tradition.

    Wild Fennel Facts

    Name Wild fennel
    Scientific Name Nigella arvensis
    Native North Africa, central, southern and eastern Europe, the Caucasus region, and the Middle East as far as Iran, and has gone extinct in Switzerland and Crete
    Common Names Black bread-weed, Wild fennel, Nigella, Wild fennel-flower, field fennel flower, field fennel flower, field nigella
    Name in Other Languages Albanian: Nigela e arave, nigelë
    Arabic: Sanoudj, Kammoun essoued, Habba essouda, Kemmoun chedaf, Chit, Djahta, Bou nefa, Zerara, Kemmoun lekhal, Ti kamnin
    Bulgarian: Polska čelebitka (полска челебитка)
    Chinese:  Tian ye hei zhong cao
    Croatian: Poljska crnjika
    Czech: Cernucha rolní
    Danish:  Ager-sortkommen, mark-nigella
    Dutch:  Wilde nigelle
    English: Black bread-weed, Wild fennel, Nigella, Wild fennel-flower, field fennel flower, field fennel flower, field nigella
    Finnish:  Rikkaneito
    French: Nigelle bâtarde, Poivrette commune, Nigelle des champs, nigelle des prés, patte d’araignée
    German: Acker-Schwarzkümmel, Wilder Schwarzkümmel
    Greek:  Melánthion to arouraío (Μελάνθιον το αρουραίο), mavrokoúki (μαυροκούκι)
    Hebrew:  Ketzach hassadeh, קצח השדה, קֶצַח הַשָּׂדֶה
    Hungarian: Kandilla, vetési katicavirág   
    Italian: Damigella campestre, fiore di passion, nigella dei campi 
    Latin: Nigella
    Norwegian: Akersvartkarve
    Polish: Czarnuszka polna
    Portuguese:  Barbas-de-velho, damas-entre-verde
    Romanian: Negrușcă
    Russian:  Chernushka polevaia (Чернушка полевая)
    Serbian: Mačkovi brkovi (мачкови бркови), poljska crnika (пољска црника), crnika (црника)
    Slovak: Cernuška roľná
    Slovenian:  Divja črnika
    Spanish:  Arañuela menor, estrella de campo, neguilla
    Swedish:  Åkernigella, åkerkymmel
    Turkish:  Yabani çörek out, tarla çörekotu
    Ukrainian: Chornushka polʹova (чорнушка польова)
    Plant Growth Habit Herbaceous perennial herb
    Growing Climates Cornfields, dry hills on calcareous soils, eels, orchards, on dry steppe slopes
    Stem Erect stem, branched, with long branches
    Leaf Alternate, simple, long petiolate at the base of the plant then becoming sessile in the upper part. Petiole of basal leaves widening at the base into a sheathing gutter. Blade deeply divided to the midrib, resembling a 2-3-pennate compound leaf, with linear lobes with acute apex
    Flowering season June to September
    Flower Flowers solitary and terminal at the tips of stems and twigs, surrounded by bracts deeply divided into filiform, leaf-like lobes. Corolla rotate with 5 petaloid sepals fused at the base then spread out in tabular form with a narrow base and a widely spatulate top, light blue to whitish
    Fruit Shape & Size Fruits consist of 3-7 leaflets fused in the lower half forming oblong cylindrical capsules of 1.5 cm long, with very marked angles on the back of 3 prominent veins along their length, with 3-7 carpels separating in the upper half into long narrow more or less curved tips
    Flavor/Aroma Sweet yet powerful licorice-like flavor
    Plant Parts Used Seed, plant
    Season August to October
    Other Facts
    • It is grown for their attractive flowers, which are suitable for cutting, and their ornamental seed pods.

    Plant Description

    Wild fennel is herbaceous perennial herbs that normally reach 40 cm in height. The plant is found growing in cornfields, dry hills on calcareous soils, eels, orchards and on dry steppe slopes. The plant has erect stems that are branched with long branches. Leaves are alternate, simple, and long petiolate at the base of the plant then becoming sessile in the upper part. Petiole of basal leaves widening at the base into a sheathing gutter. Blade is deeply divided to the midrib, resembling a 2-3-pennate compound leaf, with linear lobes with acute apex.

    Flowers & Fruits

    Flowers are solitary and terminal at the tips of stems and twigs, surrounded by bracts deeply divided into filiform, leaf-like lobes. Corolla rotate with 5 petaloid sepals fused at the base then spread out in tabular form with a narrow base and a widely spatulate top, light blue to whitish. The petals are reduced to nectaries in cupules equipped with a beak, at the base of the sepals. Numerous stamens are green yellow colored. Flowering normally occurs in between June to September.

    Fertile flowers are followed by fruits that consist of 3-7 leaflets fused in the lower half forming oblong cylindrical capsules of 1.5 cm long, with very marked angles on the back of 3 prominent veins along their length, with 3-7 carpels separating in the upper half into long narrow more or less curved tips. Seeds are covered with papillae, 2.2-2.6 mm long and 1.3-1.6 mm wide, trigonal oval and blackish.

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    Traditional uses and benefits of Wild fennel

    • In phyto-therapy, dried fruits or essential oil are used.
    • Wild fennel is used for those who have digestive difficulties, flatulence or aerophagia.
    • It can be used for reducing the painful component of irritable bowel syndrome.
    • Wild fennel flavored herbal tea is perfect for soothe stomach aches and intestinal inflammations.
    • Wild fennel has been used to treat heartburn, gas, bloating, angina, asthma, angina, coughs.
    • It has also been used as a digestive aid, appetite suppressant, analgesic digestive aid and is said to have anti-inflammatory properties.

    Culinary Uses

    • Seed can be consumed raw or cooked.
    • It is normally used as a flavoring on cakes, bread etc.
    • Wild fennel uses fresh or dried flowers, seeds, which are more or less sweet, peppery or bitter, depending on the variety, leaves and twigs.
    • Flowers are used to flavor boiled chestnuts, mushrooms in the oven or in a pan, olives in brine and pork, in particular porchetta.
    • Seeds are mainly used to flavor Apulian tarallini, donuts or other homemade desserts and to spice hot wine, herbal teas or brines.
    • It provides a fresh taste to crackers, buns, breadsticks, and bretzel as other baked foods.
    • It can be eaten raw, braised, caramelized, roasted and pureed into soups and sauces.
    • Wild Fennel is a quintessential compliment to seafood, especially crustaceans and bivalves such as scallops, and oysters.
    • In eastern countries they are commonly used for seasoning curries and other dishes, and the Egyptians spread them on bread and put them on cakes like comfits.

    Precautions

    • Wild fennel, if consumed inappropriately, can cause nagging stomach pains and even dysentery.
    • Wild fennel in very high doses can have hallucinogenic effects.
    • Small children may dislike wild fennel and it may cause annoying heartburn.

    References:

    https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Nigella+arvensis

    https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/115793#toidentity

    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2381639

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_arvensis

    https://portal.wiktrop.org/species/show/325446

    https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/NIGAR

    http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Nigella+arvensis

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    Wild fennel Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Nigella arvensis

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Class Magnoliopsida
    Order Ranunculales
    Family Ranunculaceae
    Genus Nigella L.
    Species Nigella arvensis L.
    Synonyms
    • Nigella agrestis J.Presl & C.Presl
    • Nigella aspera K.Koch
    • Nigella doliata Pall. ex M.Bieb.
    • Nigella foeniculacea DC.
    • Nigella glauca Wallr.
    • Nigella laevis Delile ex DC.
    • Nigella latifolia Mill.
    • Nigella tenuiflora Gilib.
    • Nigella tuberculata Griseb.
    • Nigella tuberculata var. saronensis Zohary
    • Nigella unguiculata Stokes
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