Ferula sumbul (Kauffm.) Hook. f. - syn. Ferula moschata (H. Reinsch) Koso-Poljansky; Euryangium sumbul Kauffmann; Sumbulus moschatus H. Reinsch - Apiaceae \\
sumbul, musk-root, **Moschuswurzel**, Echte (Persische) Sambulwurzel 

Perennial herb, 0.5-1m tall, native to Ḿiddle Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, West China); leaves broadly elliptic-triangular, ternate-pinnate, pinnae pinnately parted; lateral umbels single. [[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242321996]]

The large root (Persian musk root, Radix sumbul) of F.sumbul is fleshy and resinous, it smells characteristic and tastes bitter. It is considered sedative, antispasmodic and antidiarrheal. \\
[Lehrbuch der Biologischen Heilmittel, Gerhard Madaus, 1938] 

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Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol.101 [ser.3, vol.31] t.6196 (1875) [W.H.Fitch] \\
[[http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=432520]]