Sagapenum

Sagapenum (Greek σᾰγάπηνον, σικβινίτζα (Du Cange), σεραπίων; Arabic sakbīnadj; Latin sagapenum, sagapium, seraphinum (Pharm. Witenbergica)) is a historical plant from Media, identified with Ferula persica L., Ferula scuntziana (Umbelliferae), or Ferula scowitziana, also denoting its yellow translucent balsam, which causes irritation of the skin and whose smell resembles that of asafoetida.