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Common licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is a perennial herbaceous medicinal plant. It is uncommon in Bulgaria, where only 4 populations are known. One of these, near the village of Belcov near Ruse, has l1een investigated in detail. It stocks on a terrace of the river Jantra, in the c1imatic lowland zone of the N. Bulgarian subregion with a temperate continental climate, on well aerated, c1ayey calcareous chernozem soil with slight to moderate sand content, with limited moisture and alkaiinity. To preserve this rare plant from extinction, it is recommended that the Ruse population be tended in order to improve its poor present regeneration, and that plantations be established to enable use for pharmaceutic industriai purposes.