botanical record · discovered
Anise
Pimpinella anisum
Anise · Sweet Cumin · Anijs · Anis · Anis (DE); Anise (EN) · Anise Burnet Saxifrage · Anise burnet saxifrage · Anisi · Boucage anis, Anis, Anis vert · Camnun ha'anis · anice · anice vero · anis
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Europe, Turkey, ", Mexico, Malaya, Iraq, Venezuela
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Anodyne, Asthma, Cancer, Carminative
Science studied: PSEUDOISOEUGENOL-(2-METHYL-BUTYRATE), CIS-ANETHOLE, ANETHOL-GLYCOL, ANISIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Apiaceae
Scientific name: Pimpinella anisum
Common names: Anise, Sweet Cumin, Anijs, Anis, Anis (DE); Anise (EN), Anise Burnet Saxifrage, Anise burnet saxifrage, Anisi, Boucage anis, Anis, Anis vert, Camnun ha'anis, anice, anice vero, anis
POWO: 846658-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Elsewhere, Europe, Turkey, ", Mexico, Malaya, Iraq and 3 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Anodyne
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Cholera
- Colic
- Diaphoretic
- Diuretic
show 17 more documented entries
- Expectorant
- Fumitory
- Fungicide
- Gonorrhea
- Kidney
- Lactogogue
- Pectoral
- Spasm
- Spice
- Stimulant
- Ache(Stomach)
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Abortifacient
- Balsamic
- Cough
- Galactogogue
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Elsewhere
- Europe
- Turkey
- "
- Mexico
- Malaya
- Iraq
- Venezuela
- Kurdistan
- Spain
Documented cultural uses
- Anodyne
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Cholera
- Colic
- Diaphoretic
- Diuretic
- Expectorant
- Fumitory
- Fungicide
- Gonorrhea
show 13 more documented entries
- Kidney
- Lactogogue
- Pectoral
- Spasm
- Spice
- Stimulant
- Ache(Stomach)
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Abortifacient
- Balsamic
- Cough
- Galactogogue
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Anodyne · China · "
- Asthma · Elsewhere · "
- Cancer · Europe · "
- Carminative · Turkey · "
- Carminative · " · "
- Carminative · Elsewhere · "
- Carminative · Mexico · "
- Carminative · China · "
- Cholera · China · "
- Colic · Malaya · "
- Colic · Elsewhere · "
- Diaphoretic · " · "
- Diaphoretic · Elsewhere · "
- Diuretic · Iraq · "
- Diuretic · Elsewhere · "
- Expectorant · Turkey · "
- Expectorant · Elsewhere · "
- Fumitory · Venezuela · "
- Fungicide · Elsewhere · "
- Gonorrhea · Malaya · "
- Kidney · China · "
- Lactogogue · Turkey · "
- Pectoral · Turkey · "
- Spasm · Turkey · "
15 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Ensemble‐Based Machine Learning Models for Classifying Intervention‐Related Psychological Outcome Patterns in Menopausal Women Treated With Pimpinella anisum · 2026 source ↗
- Ensemble-Based Machine Learning Models for Classifying Intervention-Related Psychological Outcome Patterns in Menopausal Women Treated With Pimpinella anisum. · 2026 source ↗
- Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles Mediated by Phytoconstituents of the Edible Spice Pimpinella anisum: Characterization and In Vitro, In Vivo, and In Silico Biological Evaluation. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- PSEUDOISOEUGENOL-(2-METHYL-BUTYRATE)
- CIS-ANETHOLE
- ANETHOL-GLYCOL
- ANISIC-ACID
- ANISKETONE
- ASH
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BETA-BISABOLENE
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- D-CARVONE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHOLINE
- COPPER
- P-CREOSOL
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- AR-CURCUMENE
- DIANETHOLE
- EPOXY-PSEUDOISOEUGENOL-(2-METHLY-BUTYRATE)
- ESTRAGOLE
- BETA-FARNESENE
- FAT
- FURFURAL
- 4-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLOXY)-BENZOIC-ACID
- GAMMA-HIMACHALENE
- IMPERATORIN
- IRON
- ISOCARYOPHYLLENE
- ISOORIENTIN
- ISOVITEXIN
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- 4-METHOXY-2-(TRANS-1-PROPENYL)-PHENYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE
- METHYL-CHAVICOL
- 1-METHYL-4-ISOBUTYLBENZENE
- 1-METHYL-4-(1-PROPENYL)-BENZENE
- MYRICANOL
- CIS-OCIMENE
- PHELLANDRENE
- PHOSPHORUS
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- POTASSIUM
- PROAZULENE
- 1-PROPENYL-2-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-BENZENE-2-(2-METHYL-BUTYRATE)
- PROTEIN
- QUERCETIN-GLUCOSIDES
- RUTIN
- SABINENE
- SCOPARONE
- SCOPOLETIN
- SESELIN
- SODIUM
- STIGMASTEROL
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- 2,6,10,14-TETRAMETHYL-PENTADECANE
- ZINC
- ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE
- LINALOOL
- MANNITOL
- UMBELLIFERONE
- ACETALDEHYDE
- TRANS-ANETHOLE
- APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- BORON
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- P-CRESOL
- DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE
- EUGENOL
- FIBER
- HYDROQUINONE
- ISOCHAVIBETOL
- LUTEOLIN-7-GLYCOSIDE
- P-METHOXYPHENYLACETONE
- 1-(1-METHYL-CYCLOHEXYL)-2-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-BENZENE-METHYL-CHAV
- PHOTOANETHOLE
- PRISTANE
- QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE
- SQUALENE
- UMBELLIPRENINE
- BETA-AMYRIN
- ABSCISIC-ACID
- ANETHOLE
- ANISALDEHYDE
- 1,4-BENZOQUINONE
- BERGAPTEN
- CHAMAZULENE
- ACETYL-CHOLINE
- CINNAMALDEHYDE
- CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL
- CYNAROSIDE
- BETA-ELEMENE
- EO
- FENCHONE
- FOENICULIN
- PREGEIJERENE
- GLUCINOL
- LUTEOLIN
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-XYLOXIDE
- MYRISTICIN
- OLEIC-ACID
- PETROSELINIC-ACID
- 4-METHOXY-2-(PROP-TRANS-1-ENYL)-PHENYL-(DL)-2-METHYL-BUTANOATE
- PLASTOHYDROQUINONE-9
- PLASTOQUINONE 9
- 5-METHOXY-PSORALEN
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- 4-4'-DIMETHOXY-STILBENE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- TERPINEOL
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- ALPHA-TOCOQUINONE
- VITAMIN-K-1
- XANTHOTOXIN
- ACETOANISOLE
- CARVENE
- ANISYL-ALCOHOL
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- CARVONE
- LIMONENE
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-XYLOSIDE
- SAFROLE
- THYMOL
- ALPHA-HIMACHALENE
- ANISYL KETONE
- APIGENIN
- BETA-HIMACHALENE
- BISABOLENE
- COUMARINS
- CRESOL
- DELTA-ELEMENE
- DIANISOIN
- DIHYDROCARVONE-ACETATE
- ISOPIMPINELLIN
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-XYLOSIDE
- P-ANISALDEHYDE
- P-ANISIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- QUERCETIN
- SALICYLATES
- STIGMASTEROL-PALMITATE
- STIGMASTEROL-STEARATE
- TRANS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE
- AZULENE
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- CADALENE
- CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID
- HYDROQUINONE-METHYL-ETHER
- KILOCALORIES
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PROPIONIC-ACID
- STARCH
- SUGAR
- WATER
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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