parent_taxon heracleum 
Fennel (" ___MASK12___ vulgare ") is a flowering ___MASK33___ species in the carrot family . It is a hardy , perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves . It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized in many parts of the world , especially on dry soils near the sea - coast and on riverbanks . Dill (" ___MASK50___ graveolens ") is an annual herb in the celery family ___MASK15___ . The carrot (" ___MASK84___ carota " subsp . " sativus ") is a root vegetable , usually orange in colour , though purple , black , red , white , and yellow varieties exist . Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot , " ___MASK84___ carota ", native to Europe and southwestern Asia . The ___MASK33___ probably originated in Persia and originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds . The most commonly eaten part of the ___MASK33___ is the taproot , although the greens are sometimes eaten as well . The domestic carrot has been selectively bred for its greatly enlarged , more palatable , less woody - textured taproot . ___MASK15___ or Umbelliferae , is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants commonly known as the celery , carrot or parsley family . The family , which is named after the type genus " Apium ", is large , with more than 3 , 700 species spread across 434 genera ; it is the 16th - largest family of flowering plants . Included in this family are the well - known plants : angelica , anise , arracacha , asafoetida , caraway , carrot , celery , " Centella asiatica ", chervil , cicely , coriander ( cilantro ), culantro , cumin , dill , fennel , hemlock , lovage , cow parsley , parsley , parsnip , cow parsnip , sea holly , giant hogweed and silphium ( a plant whose identity is unclear and which may be extinct ). ___MASK82___ ( including ___MASK42___ and the marshworts ) is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family ___MASK15___ , with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Europe , Asia , Africa , South America and Australia . They are medium to tall biennials or perennials growing up to 1 m high in the wet soil of marshes and salt marshes , and have pinnate to bipinnate leaves and small white flowers in compound umbels . Some species are edible , notably " ___MASK82___ graveolens ", which includes the commercially important vegetables ___MASK42___ , celeriac and Chinese ___MASK42___ . " ___MASK82___ bermejoi " from the island of Minorca is one of the rarest plants in Europe , with fewer than 100 individuals left . Caraway , also known as meridian fennel , and Persian cumin , (" ___MASK25___ carvi ") is a biennial plant in the family ___MASK15___ , native to western Asia , Europe , and North Africa . The flowering plants ( ___MASK76___ ), also known as Angiospermae or ___MASK64___ , are the most diverse group of land plants , with 416 families , approx . 13 , 164 known genera and a total of c . 295 , 383 known species . Like gymnosperms , ___MASK76___ are seed - producing plants ; they are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers , endosperm within the seeds , and the production of fruits that contain the seeds . Etymologically , angiosperm means a plant that produces seeds within an enclosure , in other words , a fruiting plant . The term " angiosperm " comes from the Greek composite word (" angeion ", " case " or " casing ", and " sperma ", " seed ") meaning " enclosed seeds ", after the enclosed condition of the seeds . ___MASK14___ asiatica , commonly known as ___MASK14___ , is a small , herbaceous , frost - tender perennial ___MASK33___ of the family Mackinlayaceae or subfamily Mackinlayoideae of family ___MASK15___ , and is native to wetlands in Asia . It is used as a medicinal herb in Ayurvedic medicine , traditional African medicine , and traditional Chinese medicine . It is also known as the Asiatic pennywort or Indian pennywort in English , among various other names in other languages . Parsley or garden parsley ( ___MASK5___ crispum ) is a species of " ___MASK5___ " in the family ___MASK15___ , native to the central Mediterranean region ( southern Italy , Greece , Algeria , and Tunisia ), naturalized elsewhere in Europe , and widely cultivated as a herb , a spice , and a vegetable . Coriander ( or ; " ___MASK99___ sativum "), also known as cilantro or Chinese parsley , is an annual herb in the family ___MASK15___ . All parts of the plant are edible , but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds are the parts most traditionally used in cooking . Ethiopia ('), officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia "' (     , " yetiyoya Fdralaw Dmokirasyaw Rpebilk " ), is a country located in the Horn of Africa . It shares borders with Eritrea to the north and northeast , Djibouti and Somalia to the east , Sudan and South Sudan to the west , and Kenya to the south . With nearly 100 million inhabitants , Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world , as well as the second - most populous nation on the African continent after Nigeria . It occupies a total ___MASK35___ of , and its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa . The Horn of Africa (, " yäafrika qänd ", " al - qarn al -' afrq ") ( shortened to HOA ) is a peninsula in Northeast Africa . It juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden . The ___MASK35___ is the easternmost projection of the African continent . The Horn of Africa denotes the region containing the countries of Djibouti , Eritrea , Ethiopia , and Somalia . ___MASK42___ (" Apium graveolens "), a marshland ___MASK33___ in the family ___MASK15___ , has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity . ___MASK42___ has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves . Depending on location and cultivar , either its stalks , leaves , or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking . Anise ('), also called aniseed "', is a flowering ___MASK33___ in the family ___MASK15___ native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia . Its flavor has similarities with some other spices , such as star anise , fennel , and licorice . The parsnip (" ___MASK80___ sativa ") is a root vegetable closely related to the carrot and parsley . It is a biennial ___MASK33___ usually grown as an annual . Its long , tuberous root has cream - colored skin and flesh ; and left in the ground to mature , it becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts . In its first growing season , the ___MASK33___ has a rosette of pinnate , mid - green leaves . If unharvested , it produces its flowering stem , topped by an umbel of small yellow flowers , in its second growing season . By this time , the stem is woody and the tuber is inedible . The seeds are pale brown , flat , and winged . Asafoetida is the dried latex ( gum oleoresin ) exuded from the rhizome or tap root of several species of " ___MASK100___ ", a perennial herb that grows tall . The species is native to the deserts of Iran and mountains of Afghanistan and is mainly cultivated in nearby India . As its name suggests , asafoetida has a fetid smell , but in cooked dishes , it delivers a smooth flavour reminiscent of leeks . ___MASK11___ ( also known as silphion , laserwort , or laser ) was a plant that was used in classical antiquity as a seasoning and as a medicine . It was the essential item of trade from the ancient North African city of Cyrene , and was so critical to the Cyrenian economy that most of their coins bore a picture of the plant . The valuable product was the plant ' s resin (" laser ", laserpicium , or lasarpicium ). Kenya , officially the Republic of Kenya , is a country in Africa and a founding member of the East African Community ( EAC ). Its capital and largest city is Nairobi . Kenya ' s territory lies on the equator and overlies the East African Rift covering a diverse and expansive terrain that extends roughly from Lake ___MASK49___ to Lake Turkana ( formerly called Lake Rudolf ) and further south - east to the Indian Ocean . It is bordered by Tanzania to the south and southwest , Uganda to the west , South Sudan to the north - west , Ethiopia to the north and Somalia to the north - east . Kenya covers , and had a population of approximately 45 million people in July 2014 . Cicely or sweet cicely ( ___MASK97___ odorata ) is a herbaceous perennial ___MASK33___ belonging to the celery family ___MASK15___ . It is one of two accepted species in the genus ___MASK97___ . ___MASK68___ is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family ___MASK15___ , native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere , reaching as far north as Iceland and Lapland and Greenland . They grow to tall , with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or greenish - white flowers . Eritrea ( or ), officially the State of Eritrea , is a country in the Horn of Africa . With its capital at Asmara , it is bordered by Sudan in the west , Ethiopia in the south , and Djibouti in the southeast . The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea . The nation has a total ___MASK35___ of approximately , and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands . Its toponym " Eritrea " is based on the Greek name for the Red Sea , which was first adopted for Italian Eritrea in 1890 . Lovage , ___MASK37___ officinale , is a tall perennial plant , the sole species in the genus ___MASK37___ in the family ___MASK15___ , subfamily ___MASK52___ , tribe Apieae . Chervil ( ___MASK40___ cerefolium ), sometimes called garden chervil to distinguish it from similar plants also called chervil , or French parsley , is a delicate annual herb related to parsley . It is commonly used to season mild - flavoured dishes and is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes . Djibouti (; ', , ), officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country located in the Horn of Africa . It is bordered by Eritrea in the north , Ethiopia in the west and south , and Somalia in the southeast . The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east . Djibouti occupies a total ___MASK35___ of just . Heracleum is a genus of about 60 species ( depending on taxonomic interpretation ) of biennial and perennial herbs in the carrot family ___MASK15___ . They are found throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and in high mountains as far south as Ethiopia . Common names for the genus or its species include hogweed and cow parsnip . Major species include : Heracleum mantegazzianum , Giant hogweed , is a native of the Caucasus Mountains , grows to 4 - 5m tall , and can cause severe phytophotodermatitis if the sap gets on human skin . The main mechanism for this dermatitis is extreme photosensitivity , causing severe sunburn on exposure to relatively small amounts of sunlight , with rash and blistering appearing within a few minutes : accordingly immediately covering sap - affected skin can prevent the dermatitis in many cases . It has become a serious invasive weed in many areas of Europe and North America , after being introduced as a garden plant . Heracleum persicum , Persian hogweed , is similar in size and properties to the giant hogweed , and was originally from Iran , Iraq and Turkey ; it is known in northern Norway as the Tromsø palm . Heracleum sphondylium , Common hogweed , is common in Europe . Heracleum lanatum ( synonyms : Heracleum sphondylium subsp . montanum , Heracleum maximum ) , Cow parsnip , is common in North America Heracleum nepalense is common in Sikkim and Darjeeling district of India . Called chimphing in the Nepali language , it is considered medicinal for stomach ailments and its seeds are ground with tomato and taken as a relish , especially with boiled vegetables .