Star anise
- Description
- The leaves of this plant are burned as incense in Japan. Unlike Chinese star anise the Japanese species is highly toxic and cannot be eaten.
- Accession Loan No.
- 27/2001/21
- Collection Class
- Plants
- Common Name
- star anise
- Simple Name
- fruit
- Full Name
- ILICIACEAE: Ilicium anisatum: star anise
- Family Group
- Collector / Excavator
- Palmer, A E
- Collection Country
- China, People's Republic of
- Collection Area Region
- East Asia
- Collection Continent
- Asia
- Family
- Schisandraceae
- Genus
- Ilicium
- Species
- anisatum
