Illicium floridanum

RHS Plant Profile

purple anise

Other common names

Florida aniseed tree, poison bay, red-flowered aniseed tree, stinking laurel, tree anise

Family: Schisandraceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Genus: licium are evergreen shrubs or small trees with entire, leathery leaves. Both leaves and bark may be aromatic. The many-petalled flowers are borne in the leaf axils, usually singly, followed by star-shaped fruits
Name Status: Correct