Common Liquorice / عرق السوس / عرقسوس /

عرقسوس أجرد /

Glycyrrhiza glabra L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Roots
Blooming period
May to July
Foraging period
September
Seed collection period
September to November
Potential medicinal uses
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Carminative
  • Vulnerary
  • Adaptogen

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Violet
Leaf type
  • Bipinnate
  • Compound
  • Pinnate
Life form
  • Phanerophyte shrub
Foliage
Deciduous

Scientifc data

Genus
Glycyrrhiza
Family
Fabaceae
Wikidata item
Q52502809
GBIF Item
Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (2965732)

References

  1. Glycyrrhiza glabra L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-11-28.
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  4. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  5. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  6. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  7. Licata, Mario, Teresa Tuttolomondo, Claudio Leto, Giuseppe Virga, Giuseppe Bonsangue, Ignazio Cammalleri, Maria Gennaro, and Salvatore La Bella. “A Survey of Wild Plant Species for Food Use in Sicily (Italy).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12
  8. Ghazanfar, Shahina A., and Chris Thorogood. A Herbal of Iraq. Kew Publishing, 2022.

Citation

Glycyrrhiza glabra L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/880 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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