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(Arabic) One who is affectionate and friendly

Aneesa, Aneesah, Aneecia, Annisa, Annissa, Anyssa, Annyssa, Annysa, Anysa, Anysha, Anissa, Anisah, Aneisa, Aneisah, Aniesa, Aneisa, Aneasa, Aneasah

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Illicium Anisatum

Linn.

Family: Magnoliaceae; Illiciaceae.

Habitat: Indigenous to China.

English: Star Anise.

Unani: Baadiyaan (related species).

Action: Carminative and pectoral. Used in hard, dry cough where expectoration is difficult. (Oil of Anise is distilled in Europe from the fruits of Pimpinella anisum.)

The seeds, though used as a substitute for Star Anise, contain toxic constituents, anisatin, neoanisatin, 6- deoxymajucin, besides pseudoanisatin and sesquiterpene lactones.... illicium anisatum

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