The plant grows to over 1.5m tall and is very robust. The white root of the plant can grow to over 80cm on rare occasions but is typically much much smaller. Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, branched, and have saw-toothed edges. Each leaf has 5-15 ovate to oblong leaflets with variable toothed edges and deep lobes. Flowering plants produce a single, thick stem that contains hundreds of yellow umbellate flowers. The lateral flowers often overtop the terminal flowers.

Plants for a Future

5-methoxy-psoralen, alpha-linolenic acid, alpha-phellandrene, alpha-terpinene, angelicin, ascorbic acid, bergapten, beta-bisabolene, beta-carotene, beta-phellandrene, beta-pinene, camphene, folacin, gamma-terpinene, limonene, linoleic acid, mufa, myrcene, myristic acid, niacin, oxalic acid, p-cymene, palmitoleic acid, pantothenic acid, psoralen, riboflavin, stearic acid, thiamin, (root); imperatorin (leaf, root, seed); imperatorin, isopimpinellin, kaempferol, oleic acid, (seed); isorhamnetin, quercetin, (leaf); myristicin, terpinolene (root essential oil); palmitic acid (root, seed); pimpinellin, rutin, umbelliferone, (plant); xanthotoxin (leaf, root)

In the treatment of women's complaints (in menstrual cramps, premenstrual syndrome and menopausal disorders), psoriasis, vitiligo and bed wetting in chidren (root)