Ferula galbanifera
The galbanum or galbanum is a gomoresin that flows by incision from the root of a plant of the same name, which in Latin is called Ferula gummosa.
Grows in Arabia, Syria and in some parts of India. It takes a fairly straight stem in whose extremity some panicles appear, which enclose their seed similar in shape and size, almost to the lentils. Its leaves are broad and bent.
Two other kinds of galbanum can be distinguished:
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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