Ferula galbanifera
Galbanum or galbanum is a gomoresin that mana by incising the root of a plant of the same name, which in Latin is called Ferula gummosa.
It grows in Arabia, Syria and in some parts of India. He shoots a fairly straight stalk in the extremity of which appear panicles, which enclose their seed similar in shape and size, almost to lentils. Its leaves are wide and jagged.
You can distinguish two other classes of galbanum:
This drug is used in medicine and goes into the composition of many plasters.
Theoretical, Practical, Historical and Geographical Dictionary, 1840
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