Anise Essential Oil - Pimpinella anisum L., schweinfurthii Asch.

Anise Seed Essential (Volatile) Oil

Aniseed: / 'ænısi¦d / n The strong-tasting seeds of a plant (anise) used in making sweets and strong drinks.

Latin (Botanical) name: Pimpinella anisum L., Pimpinella schweinfurthii Asch., Anisum vulgare, Anisum officinarum.

Common name: Anise seed, Aniseed, Sweet cumin, Petit anis , Anisum, Anis vert, Boucage anis, Anisi fructus, Yansoon, Aysoon, Aetherol anis, Oleum anisi, Zaytul yansoon, Zaytul anesoonel tayyar, ÆTHEROLEUM ANISI.

Family: Umbelliferae, Apiaceae (Carrot family).

Method of extraction (Yield): Steam distilled from dried fruits (seeds).

Origin: Egypt.

Anise, common name for an annual plant of the parsley family. Native to Egypt. The seed of the plant, called aniseed, is used as a condiment, in the preparation of the liqueur anisette, and in medicine as a stimulant and to relieve flatulence. Aniseed has an aromatic, agreeable smell and a warm, sweetish taste. Both smell and taste are due to its oil, called oil of anise, which contains anethole. Anethole and its derivatives are used in perfumes and flavorings.

Scientific classification: Anise belongs to the family Apiaceae. It is classified as Pimpinella anisum L., Pimpinella schweinfurthii Asch., Anisum vulgare, Anisum officinarum.

Plant family: Apiaceae, Umbelliferae A. Juss.

►Umbelliferae A. Juss.

►Not spiny.

►Not so (Leaves undivided with entire margin).

►Umbel-rays not woolly.

►Leafy herbs, root not globose.

►Bracteoles absent.

►Flowers white.

►Fruit hairy.

►At least lower leaves with broad leaf-segments or leaflets.

►Genus PIMPINELLA L.: Leaves pinnate or once to twice 3-parted, lower ones with broad leaflets. Bracts and bracteoles absent. Fruit small, rounded or ovoid, hairy.

►Segments of upper leaves broad, cuneate-obovate…Pimpinella schweinfurtii Asch.

►PIMPINELLA SCHWEINFURTII Asch.: Slender delicate plant with all leaf-segments broad. Umbel-rays pubescent (in others glabrous or nearly so). (Ann.). Endemic. Sterile specimens remind of Apium graveolens ; however lacking the characteristic odo(u)r of that species and with leaflets more finely and sharply serrated (in Apium coarsely crenateserrate).

Pimpinella anisum L.

Syn. Anisum vulgare.

Syn. Anisum officinarum.

Source: STUDENTS’ FLORA OF EGYPT second edition, by VIVI TÄCKHOLM, D. Sc. (Stockholm) Professor of Systematic Botany, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. Published by Cairo University. Printed by COOPERATIVE PRINTING COMPANY Beirut, 1974.

Oil specification:

Specific gravity: 0.978 – 0.992 @ 25°C.

Refractive index: 1.552 – 1.56 @ 20°C.

Anethole: (p-methoxypropenylbenzene), m.p. 22-23°C, b.p. 235°C, is one of the chief constituents of anise seed essential (volatile) oil, from which it is obtained.

Perfumery note / Strength: Top / Strong.

Blends With: Lavender, Caraway, Fennel, etc…

Action and Uses: Herbal (Traditional) medicine (dosage), Flavo(u)r, Fragrance and Aromatherapy (bath, massage, skin, hair, steam inhalation, vaporization, etc.)… Antispasmodic, aromatic, carminative, digestive, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic, tonic.

Part used: Seeds (fruits) for oil extraction.

Propagation: Fruits (seeds), annual plant cultivated in Upper Egypt.

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