Family | Illiciaceae |
Scientific name | Illicium anisatum L. |
Synonyms | Illicium religiosum Siebold & Zuccarini; Illicium religiosum Siebold & Zuccarini var. masa-ogatae Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shikimi |
(English common name) Japanese staranise, sacred anisetree | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (south of Miyagi Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
Description | Plants 2-5m. Leaves 4-10cm. Flowers pale yellow 3cm, flowering in March to April. Evergreen. Subabor or arbor trees. |
Reference | Illicium anisatum L. |
Method and product for treating skin afflictions (US Patent 5422100/1995) | |
Synthesis of oseltamivir carboxylates (US Patent 20070190621) | |
Rodent repellent (Japanese Patent JP61291507) | |
Chinese herbal extracts in the treatment of HIV related disease (WIPO Patent WO/1991/019507) | |
Essential oils and chemically related species for the treatment of increased bone resorption (WIPO Patent WO/2002/013840) | |
Note | Illicium anisatum involves anisatine especially in fruits. |
February 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
February 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
February 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
February 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
February 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
February 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
September 2005 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
September 2005 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |