Kaayam (Malayalam), Hing (Assamese, Bengali, Marathi , Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali ), Ingua ( Telugu ), Ingu ( Kannada )," Perungkayang " (Sinhalese), Perungayam ( Tamil ), Hilteet (Mishnaic Hebrew), and giant fennel ) is a species of Ferula native to Persia ( Iran ). Asafoetida has a pungent, unpleasant smell