Ferula hermonis

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.

Ferula hermonis is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family. It is native to Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.^[1] The epithet hermonis refers to Mount Hermon on the border between Syria and Lebanon.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ "Ferula hermonis Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
^ 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.

External links[]

[KewPOWO-1] "Ferula hermonis Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

[2] Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1873. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae 2: 985

[3] The International Plant Names Index

[4] Lebanon has its own natural version of Viagra, CNN International, 12 August 1998

[5] "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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