- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Cochin-China
- South-Western China
- Japan
- Philippines
- The species Illicium parviflorum is a native of Western Florida and other parts of South-Eastern U. S. A.
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Anisi stellati = Semen Badianae
- Oleum Anisi stellati
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- Constituent(s)
- fruit: essential oil (mainly consisting of anethol)
- fixed fatty oil
- acids
- saponin
- sugar
- mucilage
- starch
- bitter principle; seed: fixed fatty oil
- Action
- stimulant
- stomachic
- carminative
- expectorant
- diuretic
- anodyne
- aromatic; used in making liqueurs. The fruit of the Japanese variety (Illicium religiosum = Illicium anisatum) is poisonous. It is not collected
- and the Chinese drug alone is in use even in Japan; its taste is sharp and resembles that of turpentine
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