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819. ILLICIUM SIMONSII
Author(s) -
McNamara William A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
curtis's botanical magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8748
pISSN - 1355-4905
DOI - 10.1111/curt.12123
Subject(s) - shrub , china , maxim , geography , botany , traditional medicine , biology , philosophy , medicine , archaeology , epistemology
Summary Illicium simonsii Maxim. a shrub or small tree, from western China, Burma and northeast India is illustrated; the circumstances of its introduction and its cultivation are described. It is related to the star anise, Illicium verum Hook. f., an important spice, which originated in southeastern China.