Department of Pharmacognosy
Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo
University
Umbelliferous Fruits
Anise
Anise Fruit
Origin: dried ripe fruit of pimpinella anisum
family umbelliferae.
 Color: greyishbrown.
 Odor: aromatic
 Taste: aromatic sweet.
 Kind: true, simple, dry,
schizocarpic, cremocarp.
 Insertion: inferior
 Dehiscence: indehiscent
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1)Entire Cremocarp:
stylopod
1ry ridges
Pear shaped (enlarged at
the base, tapering at the
apex), crowned with ringlike stylopod & attached
to slender pedicle.
pedicle
2) Carpophore: forked
3) Dorsal side: hairy, shows 5 slightly
raised 1ry ridges.
4) Ventral side: shows 2 dark
longitudinal bands ( vittae )
5- median longitudinal cut (MLC)
1 seed in each mericarp filling the whole cavity
of pericarp.
 Testa: adhere to pericarp (very thin with
raphe on flat side.
 Kind: anatropous, albuminous with oily
orthospermous endosperm.
 Embryo: dicot, apical, small & straight.
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Branched Vittae
1ry ridge
Vascular bundle
Seed testa
Seed
endosperm
Two large ventral vittae
Orthospermous endosperm
T.S. in Anise
Non-glandular hair
Seed endosperm
Branched vittae
Vascular bundle
Primary ridge
Vascular bundle
T.S. in Anise
Branched Vittae
Anise Powder

Color: grayish brown.

Odor: aromatic.

Taste: aromatic sweet.
Branched vittae
Non-glandular
hair covered
with
with warty
cuticle
Non Parquetry Endocarp
Non Parquetry Endocarp
Special chemical test:
Pd+ sudan III
red stain Due to
presence of valatile oil