Ferula hermonis explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ferula hermonis Boiss.. . n.d.. Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. August 26, 2020.
2. Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1873. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae 2: 985
3. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=842303-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DFerula%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dspec%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_species%3Dhermonis%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index
4. Web site: Graham White, National Institute of Medical Herbalists, Ferula hermonis "The Lebanese Viagra" by Stuart FitzSimmons . 12 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150616013405/http://www.gcwhite.co.uk/Ferula.htm . 16 June 2015 . dead .