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Anise is an herbaceous annual plant growing to 60–90 centimetres (2–3 feet) or more. The leaves at the base of the plant are simple, 1–5 cm ( 3 ⁄ 8 –2 inches) long and shallowly lobed, while leaves higher on the stems are feathery or lacy, pinnate , divided into numerous small leaflets .
Illicium parviflorum, commonly known as yellow anisetree, [1] yellow-anise, swamp star-anise, [3] and small anise tree, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae, or alternately, the Illiciaceae. It is native to Florida in the United States. It historically occurred in Georgia as well, but it has been extirpated from the ...
Illicium anisatum, with common names Japanese star anise, [1] Aniseed tree, [1] and sacred Anise tree, [1] known in Japanese as shikimi (樒, シキミ), is an evergreen shrub or small tree closely related to the Chinese star anise (Illicium verum).
Illicium is a genus of flowering plants treated as part of the family Schisandraceae, [2] or alternately as the sole genus of the Illiciaceae. [3] It has a disjunct distribution , with most species native to eastern Asia and several in parts of North America, including the southeastern United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. [ 4 ]
Illicium verum (star anise or badian, Chinese star anise, star anise seed, star aniseed and star of anise) is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to South China and northeast Vietnam. Its star-shaped pericarps harvested just before ripening is a spice that closely resembles anise in flavor.
It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about 446 genera, [1] including such well-known, and economically important plants as ajwain, angelica, anise, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip and sea holly, as well as silphium ...
Star anise refers to Illicium verum Chinese star anise, and the spice derived from it. It can also refer to related poisonous plants: Illicium anisatum, Japanese star anise, similar in appearance to Illicium verum; Illicium floridanum, a shrub of the southeastern United States; Illicium parviflorum, swamp star anise, of the southeastern United ...
Austrobaileyales is an order of flowering plants consisting of about 100 [4] species of woody plants growing as trees, shrubs and lianas.The best-known species is Illicium verum, commonly known as star anise.