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Fennel or Dill Latin name: Foeniculum vulgare |
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Fennel is a perennial herb with an aniseed-like aroma and is a species native to the Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal east to Pakistan, and north to southern France and Bulgaria.
This herb has historically had many medicinal and culinary uses and both the Greek and Hindu traditions regard fennel as good for the sex drive; it has been called the pearl of aphrodisiacs.
Early settlers in New Zealand introduced fennel and it has now naturalized from North Cape to Bluff. It grows so prolifically in this South Pacific climate that it is considered a weed, but it is attractive to bees. This honey has been harvested by Beekeepers from areas where swathes of wild fennel grow near the Wairarapa coast on the lower western side of the North Island. |
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