| Ferula hermonis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Ferula |
| Species: | F. hermonis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ferula hermonis | |
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, Israel 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
[edit]- ^ "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.