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Genus: Pimpinella
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Order: Apiales > Family: Apiaceae
About 150
species, found worldwide with nine species native to southern Africa.
Pimpinella anisum (Anise) is a medicinal and culinary herb native from Greece through to Egypt, and is cultivated in southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Pimpinella acutidentata
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Pimpinella caffra
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Pimpinella huillensis
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Pimpinella hydrophila
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Pimpinella krookii
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Pimpinella neglecta
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Pimpinella schlechteri
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Pimpinella stadensis
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Pimpinella transvaalensis |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Pimpinella anisum (Anise)
Native from Greece to Egypt.
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