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* * *    KEY TO AROMAS OF UMBELLIFERAE     * * *
     *** (Often Released When Parts Crushed/Rubbed) ***


AROMATIC :  Smyrnium (S). Silaum (R),
     Meum (St). Trachyspermum (S).  Sison (S).

ANISEED      :  Myrhhis (S+St)

CARROTY    :  Daucus (St)
CELERY       :  Apium.  Levisticum (St).
COUGH MIXTURE: Foeniculum (St)
CLOVES      :  Myrrhis

FURNITURE POLISH : 083 Crithmum

GOATS          :  Pimpinella (R)
GRAPE LIKE :  Oenanthe

HAY               :  Foeniculum (St)

JUNIPER        : Angelica

LIQUORICE :  Chaerophyllum. Foeniculum (St)

MUSK            :  Angelica

NUTMEG        :  Sison (St)

ORANGE BLOSSOM :  Coriandrum (S)

PARSLEY       :  Petroselinum,  Cicuta,  Selinum
PARSNIP        :  Carum.  Pastinaca (St)
PETROL         : Sison (St)
PUNGENT       :  Anethum (S). Sison (S).  Carum.
   Petroselinum.  Ligusticum.  Smyrniurn (St).

RESINOUS      :  Heracleum

SCENTED        : Aegopodium (R)
SULPHUR        :  Peucadanum (St)
SWEET            :  Eryngium

TURPENTINE   : Meum (St)

WET RATS        :  Conium


ABBREVIATIONS : S: Seeds St : Stems R: Roots.

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'Online Guide To Umbelliferae Of The British Isles' Compiled By J.M.Burton 2002