Star anise is the dried, star shaped fruit of illicium verum. It is dark-brown in colour with eight segents. It has a sweetish licorice taste. The star-shaped fruits are picked just before ripening and dried before use. They contain the same essential oil as the botanically unrelated Spanish anise seed, which gives the two a nearly identical flavour - strong, sweet, and licorice.
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