There is no difference between anise and anise, because anise is anise and anise is anise, but southerners are used to calling it anise, while northerners are used to calling it anise. Anita, also known as anise, is the fruit of anise tree, named after its fruit has eight horns. Also known as star anise and anise, it is a seasoning.

Morphological characteristics of aniseed

Illicium verum is an evergreen tree with a height of 10-20m. The bark is gray to reddish brown with irregular cracks. The branches are dense and extend radially. Simple leaves alternate or 3-6 clusters at the top of branches; Petiole stout, about1cm long; Leaf blade is leathery, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 6- 12cm long and 2-4cm wide, the apex is acuminate or acute, the base is wedge-shaped, entire, the upper part is dark green, shiny and oily, and the lower part is light green and sparsely pilose.

Flowers bisexual, solitary in leaf axils, perianth segments 7- 12, several rounds, imbricate arrangement, inner round pink; Stamens 1 1- 19, arranged in 1-2 rounds; Carpels 8-9, free. Aggregate fruit, mostly composed of eight follicles arranged radially into an octagon, with a diameter of 3.5-4cm, reddish brown and wood; The apex of the capsule is blunt or blunt, and it cracks along the abdominal suture when it is mature.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-aniseed