What kind of fruit is Illicium verum?

Illicium verum is the fruit of Illicium verum.

Illicium verum is a plant of Illicium, and its fruits and seeds can be used as medicine. Illicium verum has relatively strict requirements on the ecological environment, and is afraid of cold, heat and wind. It is mainly born in subtropical wet and warm valleys.

Illicium verum, a tree, is10-15m high, with leaves 5-15cm long and 2-5cm wide. Flowers pink to deep red, pedicel length 15-40mm. Tepals 7- 12, often 10- 1 1, pedicels 20-56 mm long, 3.5-4 cm in diameter, seeds 7- 10 mm long, 4-6 mm wide and 2.5 mm thick.

The main reason of low yield of Illicium verum.

Extensive management, overgrown weeds under miscellaneous irrigation in woodland: Illicium verum is planted extensively, and allowed to grow in semi-wild state after planting, without intertillage weeding, fertilization and pruning, so that the soil under the forest is hardened, lack of fertilizer, overgrown weeds under miscellaneous irrigation, and the roots of Illicium verum can not get a good growth environment. In addition, weeds in miscellaneous irrigation compete with them for nutrients, which leads to the lack of soil nutrients. In the long run, it will affect the growth and fruit of Illicium verum.

Serious pests and diseases: all kinds of pests and diseases have certain harm and influence on the growth of Illicium verum, and some pests and diseases can lead to the death of Illicium verum. After the occurrence of pests and diseases in Illicium verum, the tree vigor is weakened and the yield is reduced until it is fruitless or even dead.