Fennel seeds

These are small elongated, aromatic flavoured, and light green in colour with culinary and medicinal uses. Dried fennel seed is an aromatic, anise-flavoured spice, brown or green in colour when fresh, slowly turning a dull grey as the seed ages. For cooking, green seeds are optimal. Whole seeds are often chewed in india as a mouth freshener.

English: Fennel Seeds
Tamil: Shombu/Perungeeragam(பெருஞ்சீரகம்)
Telugu: sompu or madhrikam
Hindi: saunf or mauti saunf
Kannada: badesoppu
Malayalam: Perum Jeeakam