The harvest period of anise is: September-October for main fruits and 3-4 for spring fruits.

Tree with tower-shaped, oval or conical crown; dark gray bark; dense branches. The leaves are irregular and alternate, obovate-elliptical, oblanceolate or elliptical; the regular fruit blooms from March to May and matures from September to October, and the spring fruit blooms from August to October and bears fruit from March to April of the following year. Ripe; flowers are pink to dark red, solitary in leaf axils or near terminal; fruit stem is 20-56 mm long, aggregated fruit is plump and straight, with mostly 8-shaped follicles in an octagonal shape.

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Debao County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has a 400-year history of growing octagonal anise and is known as the hometown of octagonal anise. This tree is located in Longtangtun, a hundred rural areas of Rongxiang County, Debao County. The tree is 26 meters tall and has a diameter at breast height of 85 centimeters. It grows vigorously and is tall and majestic. The annual output of dried anise is 300-350 kilograms, with the maximum annual output reaching 650 kilograms.

Star anise (also known as "fennel", "anise", northerners call it "aniseed") Origin: Guangxi, China. Cause: The octagonal tree is an evergreen tree unique to China. Its fruits are oddly shaped and gear-shaped. Each pod consists of seven to nine pods, most of which are eight, hence the name "octagonal". Features: Star anise can be harvested twice a year. The fresh fruit is pink-green and turns brown-red after drying.

The one harvested in autumn is called red anise. The fruit is plump and the yield is high. It is top grade. Those harvested in spring are called four-season fruits, with low yield and inferior quality.

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