Apiaceae
Asafoetida
Ferula assa-foetida
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Ferula
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Common names
By language (52)
- Afrikaans
- Duiwelsdrek
- Arabic
- أنجدان, أبو كبير, الحلتيته, الوشق, حلتيته, صمغ الأنجدان, كلخ منتن
- arz
- انجدان
- Bangla
- হিং
- bo
- ཤིང་ཀུན།
- Catalan
- Asafètida, Asafoetida, Assafètida, Hing
- ce
- Асафетида
- Chinese
- 南伊朗阿魏, 阿魏
- csb
- Czarcé łajno
- Czech
- Ločidlo čertovo lejno
- Dutch
- Duivelsdrek, Asafoetida
- English
- Asafoetida, Asafetida, Hing
- Estonian
- Juudavaik
- Finnish
- Hajupihka, Pirunkeltaputki, Pirunpaska, Pirunpihka
- German
- Asant, Asa foetida, Asafoetida, Hing, Stinkasant, Teufelsdreck
- Greek
- Ασαφετίδα
- Gujarati
- હિંગ
- Hebrew
- חלתית
- Hindi
- हींग
- Hungarian
- Aszandkóró
- Icelandic
- Djöflatað
- io
- Asafetido
- Italian
- Assa fetida, Assafetida
- Japanese
- アサフェティダ, アギ, ヒング
- kab
- Taggult
- Kannada
- ಇಂಗು
- Kazakh
- Asafetïda, Асафетида, اسافەتىيدا
- Konkani
- हींग
- Korean
- 아위, 흥거
- lzh
- 阿魏
- Maithili
- हिङ
- Malay
- Asafutida
- Malayalam
- കായം, Asafoetida
- Marathi
- हिंग
- nds
- Düvelsdreck
- Nepali
- हिङ
- Odia
- ହେଙ୍ଗୁ, ହିଙ୍ଗୁ
- Pashto
- انجه
- Persian
- آنغوزه, انغوزه
- Polish
- Zapaliczka cuchnąca, Asafetyda, Asant cuchnący, Zakrzewka cuchnąca
- Portuguese
- Assa-fétida
- Russian
- Ферула вонючая, Аса фэтида, Асафетида
- Sanskrit
- हिङ्गु, हिङ्गुः, हिङ्गुसस्यम्
- Spanish
- Asa fetida, Asa fétida, Asafetida, Asafoetida, Asafoétida, Asafétida, Assafetida, Assafoetida
- Tajik
- Ангудон
- Tamil
- பெருங்காயம்
- Telugu
- ఇంగువ
- Thai
- มหาหิงคุ์
- Turkish
- Şeytantersi
- Ukrainian
- Асафетида
- Urdu
- ہينگ
- Welsh
- Asafoetida
Synonyms
- Ferula foetida St.-Lag.
- Ferula hooshee Lindl.
- Narthex assafoetida (L.) Falc.
- Narthex polakii Stapf
- Narthex silphium Oerst.
- Peucedanum asa-foetida Baill.
- Peucedanum hooshe Baill.
- Scorodosma assa-foetida (L.) H.Karst.
Photos
Photo: Hamilton, Edward, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kirinzi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kirinzi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kirinzi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Анна Митрошенкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Анатолий Озерной /Anatoly Ozernoy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kudaibergen Amirekul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.