Product Description

FENNEL
Fennel (Fueniculum vulgare Mill.) Is a herbaceous perennial with multiple stems straight, corrugated of up to two meters tall, green color more or less bluish (glaucous), depending on the dryness and solar radiation plant. The root is whitish, juicy, fusiform and elongated and thick as a finger. The leaves are long and slender. This plant has several benefits for health as it acts in the digestive tract, reducing pain, preventing gas and cramping and spasms throughout the body. 
It is rich in carbohydrates, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, magnesium, provitamin A, vitamin C and anethole.

Fennel is native of southern Europe, with varieties in Macaronesia and the Middle East. The plant is intrinsically linked to the name Funchal, capital of Madeira. In "Elucidrio Madeira", a work of encyclopedic nature of the wood, with the first edition to go back to ***1, it is stated that "It is said that the Sea Holly commonly Foeniculum vulgare, which has the name of fennel, had given the name to Funchal . And do not know the reasons or facts that contradict this assertion. The early explorers or settlers landed at this place, which was a town and then later city, met with the plant, which abundantly vegetated in the valley, and that without delay and without effort, he began calling Funchal. " And by citing Gaspar Fructuoso (********1): "Miss Earth", "(...) Funchal, the captain deo this name, because it was based on hum valle fermoso singular trees, cheyo fennel to the sea . According to Frutos, have been the very Joo Gonçalves Zarco, who gave the name to the archipelago's capital Funchal (Quote: Paulo Santos" Tip "edition # *3/***3). 
The region has the best conditions for growing even in altitudes of **0 to **0 meters on the southern slopes especially in the Funchal area.
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Fennel can be used as spice and herb aroma, combined with fish or vegetable, is used for flavoring hard candy, cakes, bread, sauces, teas and liquors. The leaves and the bulb, formed by the base of the petioles of the same, are used in cooking, on salads or in soups. The roots are also utilized, to have diuretic properties and existing oils in the plant, have application in the perfumery industry. 
In Madeira, are the very typical "fennel candy", the handmade, cylindrical, variable in size, color yellow orange and translucent green-flavored fennel.