Used plant part Fruit. Sensoric quality Sweet and very aromatic. See cicely for other spices with a similar fragrance. For an overview on sweet spices, see licorice .
Turkey is still an important producer in our days, but still better qualities come from Spain.
Therefore, the same name is usually given to both of them. The Hindi name saunf properly denotes fennel , which anis is thought to be a foreign variety of and which is often used interchangeably with anis. In small dosage, it is sometimes contained in spice mixtures for sausages and stews. In the East, anis it is less known, fennel and star anis being more easily available. Anis may, substitute fennel in Northern Indian recipes, but it is a less suited substitute for star anis.