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COMMON NAMES: Fennel, Sweet Fennel; French Fenouil TRADITIONAL NAMES: Taretare? (RR), Taretare Tui-‘ei (AT), Taretare (MT), Taretare ?? (AK) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Eurasia COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands, gardens SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food Cond, Material (Ei?) KEY FEATURES: Stout herb to 1m. STEM round, green with numerous fine pale stripes. LEAVES very finely subdivided. FLOWERS yellow, very small (2mmØ), in numerous clusters of ±30 clustered on stalks to 6cm. FRUITS oval and flat with pale rim. SIMILAR SPECIES: Dill (Anethum graveolens) is

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
	++	++		P		-		-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
SYNONYMS: Anethum foeniculum

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Apiales; APIACEAE

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food Cond, Material (Ei?). Comments: Leaves used as potherb, and fruits as flavouring.

IDENTIFICATION: Stout aromatic herb to 1.5m. STEM round, soft and hollow, green with fine pale stripes. LEAVES alternate, compound, basal ones to 30x15cm, divided pinnately 1-2x; leaflets filamentous, to 40x1mm; leaf-stalk sheathing, to 12cm. FLOWERS terminal radiating cluster of stalks (peduncles) to 6cm, each with about 30 small yellow flowers (to 2mmØ) on stalks (pedicels) to 1cm. FRUIT oval, 4x2mm, semi-flat, ridges not winged. SEEDS 2, flat.

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.204 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.658 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.476 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.3/659 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02

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