Star anise is the dried, star shaped fruit of Illicium verum. It is used to flavour vegetables, meat, and to marinate meat. It is used as a condiment for flavouring curries, confectionaries, spirits, and for pickling. It is also used in perfumery. The essential oil of star anise is used to flavour soft drinks, bakery products and liquors. The fruit is anti- bacterial, carminative, diuretic and stomachic. It is considered useful in flatulence and spasmodic.
Diameter of flowers 2.5cm up: 80%
Diameter of flowers under 2.5cm : 12%
Broken content:8 %
Foreign matters: 1%
Moisture: 13.5% max
No fungus, no mildew
