Ferula ammoniacum

Ferula ammoniacum (syn. Dorema ammoniacum) is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.[1] It is the source of Persian gum ammoniac.[2]

Ferula ammoniacum
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ferula
Species:
F. ammoniacum
Binomial name
Ferula ammoniacum
(D.Don) Spalik, M.Panahi, Piwczyński & Puchałka
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Diserneston gummiferum Jaub. & Spach
    • Dorema ammoniacum D.Don
    • Dorema gummiferum (Jaub. & Spach) K.M.Korol.
    • Ferula ammonifera Oken
    • Peucedanum ammoniacum (D.Don) Baill.

References
  1. "Ferula ammoniacum (D.Don) Spalik, M.Panahi, Piwczyński & Puchałka". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  2. Adhami, Hamid-Reza; Lutz, J.; Kählig, H.; Zehl, M.; Krenn, L. (2013). "Compounds from Gum Ammoniacum with Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activity". Scientia Pharmaceutica. 81 (3): 793–805. doi:10.3797/scipharm.1306-16. PMC 3791940. PMID 24106674.


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