1. Umbelliferous Fruits Anise
Department of Pharmacognosy Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University
Umbelliferous Fruits
Anise

2. 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

3. 1)Entire Cremocarp: Pear shaped (enlarged at the base, tapering at the apex), crowned with ring- like stylopod & attached to slender pedicle.
stylopod
1ry ridges
pedicle

4. 2) Carpophore: forked
3) Dorsal side: hairy, shows 5 slightly raised 1ry ridges.
4) Ventral side: shows 2 dark longitudinal bands ( vittae )

5. 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.

6. T.S. in Anise Seed testa Seed endosperm Two large ventral vittae
1ry ridge
Orthospermous endosperm
Branched Vittae
Vascular bundle
Seed testa
Seed
endosperm
Two large ventral vittae
T.S. in Anise

7. Non-glandular hair
Seed endosperm
Branched vittae
Vascular bundle
Primary ridge

8. Vascular bundle
T.S. in Anise
Branched Vittae

9. Anise Powder Color: grayish brown. Odor: aromatic.
Taste: aromatic sweet.

10. Branched vittae

11. Non-glandular
hair covered with
with warty
cuticle

12. Non Parquetry Endocarp

13. Non Parquetry Endocarp

14. Special chemical test:
Pd+ sudan III red stain Due to presence of valatile oil