HERBS - ANISEED - PIMPINELLA ANISUM (20 SEED) IN SOUTH AFRICA

Anise is a dainty, herbaceous plant that grows to 90cm (36in) tall. The tiny white flowers each around 3mm (¼in) in diameter, are produced in dense umbels. The leaves at the base of the plant are simple, long and shallowly lobed, while leaves higher on the stems are feathery pinnate, divided into numerous leafs. The fruit is an oblong dry schizocarp, 3 to 5 mm long. It is the seedpods that are referred to as "aniseed". Anise is most famous for the liquorice flavour of its leaves and seeds. Use the leaves fresh in salads and soups, and the seeds for flavouring cookies, pastries, and confections. In Western cuisine, anise is mostly used in bread and cakes. Fruit products are aromatized with anise. In small amounts, anise seeds are sometimes contained in spice mixtures for sausages and stews. Anise is also used to flavour many liqueurs. Anise oil, which is extracted from the seeds, is used as flavouring in medicines and liqueurs and for aroma in perfumes.     20 SEEDS PER PACK.  ALL GROWING INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED