Wild fennel seeds have a pleasing aroma, which is typically sweet, and are used to flavour both savoury and sweet dishes, as well as to prepare herbal teas and decoctions. They are also excellent for flavouring bread, doughnuts, crackers, breadsticks and spirits.
Wild fennel is a Mediterranean herbaceous plant of the Apiaceae family. All parts of fennel are used in cooking: shoots, leaves, flowers and fruits. The fruit is similar to that of cumin, but it is slightly larger, curved and yellowish-green