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product_id: 140276524
title: "Chinese Star Anise 15 Seeds - Illicium verum - Rare"
brand: "perception of life"
price: "1 kr"
currency: DKK
in_stock: false
reviews_count: 4
url: https://www.desertcart.dk/products/140276524-chinese-star-anise-15-seeds-illicium-verum-rare
store_origin: DK
region: Denmark
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# Tropical hardy 15 seeds Culinary spice Chinese Star Anise 15 Seeds - Illicium verum - Rare

**Brand:** perception of life
**Price:** 1 kr
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🌟 Spice Up Your Life with Star Anise!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Chinese Star Anise 15 Seeds - Illicium verum - Rare by perception of life
- **How much does it cost?** 1 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.dk](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/140276524-chinese-star-anise-15-seeds-illicium-verum-rare)

## Best For

- perception of life enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted perception of life brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **🌱 Rare Find:** Stand out with this unique spice that adds a gourmet touch to your kitchen.
- • **🌿 Medicinal Marvel:** Utilized in traditional medicine and industry for its aromatic oil.
- • **🏡 Versatile Growth:** Perfect for patios or as a houseplant, bringing a touch of the tropics indoors.
- • **🌟 Elevate Your Dishes:** Transform your culinary creations with authentic star anise flavor.
- • **💪 Potent Flavor Profile:** Experience a powerful, liquorice-like taste that outshines regular anise.

## Overview

Discover the rare Chinese Star Anise, a versatile plant that thrives in tropical climates and can be grown indoors. With its potent flavor and culinary significance, this spice is essential for authentic Chinese dishes and offers medicinal benefits through its aromatic oil.

## Description

Attractive slow growing tree to 58' from South China. Known for its ornamental value as an attractive Magnolia-like tree with ovate leaves, and for its star shaped fruits. The unripe fruits are the source of the culinary spice and a distilled oil used in medicine and in industry for flavoring which is recognized as Star Anise. Today grown almost exclusively in southern China, Indo-China, and Japan. It was first introduced into Europe in the seventeenth century. The oil, produced by a process of steam extraction, is substituted for European aniseed in commercial drinks. Hardy in tropical areas in cooler regions can be grown as a patio plant or house plant. Spice Description Star anise is the unusual fruit of a small oriental tree. It is, as the name suggests, star shaped, radiating between five and ten pointed boat-shaped sections, about eight on average. These hard sections are seed pods. Tough skinned and rust coloured, they measure up to 3cm (1-1/4) long. The fruit is picked before it can ripen, and dried. The stars are available whole, or ground to a red-brown powder. Bouquet: Powerful and liquorice-like, more pungent and stronger than anise. Flavour: Evocative of a bitter aniseed, of which flavour star anise is a harsher version. Nervertheless, the use of star anise ensures an authentic touch in the preparation of certain Chinese dishes. Preparation and Storage The whole stars can be added directly to the cooking pot; pieces are variously referred to as segments, points and sections. Otherwise, grind the whole stars as required. Small amounts are used, as the spice is powerful. Stored whole in airtight containers, it keeps for well over a year.

## Features

- Hardy in tropical areas in cooler regions can be grown as a patio plant or house plant.
- The use of star anise ensures an authentic touch in the preparation of certain Chinese dishes
- Powerful and liquorice-like, more pungent and stronger than anise
- The unripe fruits are the source of the culinary spice and a distilled oil used in medicine and in industry for flavoring which is recognized as Star Anise

## Images

![Chinese Star Anise 15 Seeds - Illicium verum - Rare - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Ne3faZ3ML.jpg)
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![Chinese Star Anise 15 Seeds - Illicium verum - Rare - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/416t+Rn6q3L.jpg)
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐ 1.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Not one sprouted
  

*by R***H on Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2017*

Not one sprouted, very disapointing. Warm Temps, good soil and plenty of water. It must have been the seeds. Just a scam.

### ⭐⭐ 2.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Product arrives without identifying contents
  

*by P***N on Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2018*

Product arrived with little or no information about what exact seeds/bulbs had been shipped, and no information at all about optimum planting methods. In some cases this made it very difficult to determine whether the product I ordered had actually arrived. I was unable to read Chinese language labels or shipping info. That is my weakness, of course. However, I would be much more likely to order again if I could be confident of what was in the package.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Pods for Tea and Food!
  

*by M***5 on Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2019*

These pods are for making tea and cooking with. Not for trying to grow. So the other reviews are irrelevant. These are picked and dried before they are even fully developed. Good product. As described.

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*Store origin: DK*
*Last updated: 2026-03-05*