Taxon:
Pimpinella anisum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:264. 1753
Verified:
07/12/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
anise – sweet-cumin – French
anis – anis vert – German
Anis – Italian
anice – anice vero – Portuguese
anis – erva-doce – Spanish
anís – Swedish
anis – Transcribed Chinese
hui qin –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in temperate regions |
6 | Other | | | | | probable origin Asia |
Cultivated
(widely cult. in temperate regions)
Other
(probable origin Asia)
Economic Uses
Food additives
Human food
beverage base (used as herbal tea, safe fide Der Marderosian) – Materials
essential oils (used in perfumery fide F USSR) – Medicines
folklore (fide M. F. Watson, pers. comm. 1996; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –