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Please consult a licensed medical professional or physician in the use of any essential oils

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Unfortunately many essential oil and spice manufactures confuse these two by calling their product by one of the two names and then showing a photo of the other or even worse confusing the scientific names of the two plants

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But the following should clear up much of the confusionstar anisestar anise aka chinese anise badian anise and aniseed which is also that by which common anise seed is sometimes referred and generates much confusion is native to asian origins specifically the warm climate areas of china

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It is of the botanical families illiciaceae or schisandraceae also to which magnolia trees belong and is known by the scientific name illicium verum see 1st photo below

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This fruit pod is usually an eightpointed starshaped pod in appearance which is where the tree gets its name see 2nd photo below

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It is of the botanical families apiaceae or umbelliferae also to which dill and parsley belong and is known by the scientific names pimpernella anisum anisum officinalis or ansium vulgare see 3rd photo below

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I called amazon and they reimbursed me for the product