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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- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
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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
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | as herb, safe | Der Marderosian, A. & L. Liberti. 1988. Natural product medicine: a scientific guide to foods, drugs, cosmetics |
Human food | beverage base | used as herbal tea, safe | Der Marderosian, A. & L. Liberti. 1988. Natural product medicine: a scientific guide to foods, drugs, cosmetics |
Materials | essential oils | used in perfumery | Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Anisum vulgare Gaertn. |
Medicines | folklore | fide M. F. Watson, pers. comm. 1996; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2 | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |