Ferula moschata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image=Bentley - Trimen 1880b.jpg

|image_caption=Botanical illustration

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|image2_caption=Root

|genus=Ferula

|species=moschata

|authority=(H.Reinsch) Koso-Pol.

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• Euryangium sumbul {{small|Kauffm.}}
• Ferula sumbul {{small|(Kauffm.) Hook.f.}}
• Ferula urceolata {{small|Korovin}}
• Peucedanum sumbul {{small|(Kauffm.) Baill.}}
• Sumbulus moschatus {{small|H.Reinsch}}

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Ferula moschata (syn. Ferula sumbul), the musk root or sumbul, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, found from Central Asia to western Xinjiang.{{cite POWO |id=842394-1 |title=Ferula moschata (H.Reinsch) Koso-Pol. |access-date=9 January 2022 }} Its roots are the source of muskroot, a substitute for animal musk in medicinal and perfumery applications.{{cite web |url=https://www.medicinetraditions.com/ferula-sumbul-musk-root.html |title=Ferula sumbul, Musk root |author= |date=2021 |website=medicinetraditions.com |publisher=MedicineTradition |access-date=9 January 2022 }}