Taxon: Pimpinella anisum L.

Common names:

• anise   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• sweet-cumin   (Source: Der Marderosian ) – English
  
• anis   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• anis vert   (Source: L Noms French ed6 ) – French
  
• Anis   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• anis   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• erva-doce   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• anís   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (as herb safe fide Der Marderosian)
  
• 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)
  

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Distributional range:

• widely cultivated in temperate regions

• probable origin Asia

References:

• Bisset, N. G., ed. 1994. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis. (Herbal Drugs)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. (L Noms French ed6)
• Der Marderosian, A. & L. Liberti. 1988. Natural product medicine: a scientific guide to foods, drugs, cosmetics. (Der Marderosian)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [= Anisum vulgare Gaertn.].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Magness, J. R. et al. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1. (Crops US)
• Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. (Mansfeld)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)

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Synonyms:

• (=) Anisum vulgare Gaertn.
  

Check other databases for Pimpinella anisum L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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