Barcode: CAL0000013746

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Family: APIACEAE

Scientific Name: Ferula asa-foetida L.

Collector: J.E.T. Aitchison

Country: Afghanistan

Uses: Source of the gum-resin, asafoetida, used as a condiment and in medicine, and known as gum-resin, exuded from incisions in living tap roots, used as an expectorant, laxative, antispasmodic;