Aniseed Myrtle

This stunning rainforest tree has strong aniseed scented leaves often distilled for their essential oil or to make a delicious refreshing aniseed tea. The leaves are often used for flavouring desserts, sauces and preserves. They may be used fresh or dried in tea, or ground up and added to bread dough, biscuits, stuffing’s, syrups, glazes, dressings and meat dishes.

Relative of the Lemon Myrtle with an aniseed and fresh eucalypt flavour. Its edible leaves are typically consumed fresh or dried and powdered, and were used traditionally as a medicinal tonic. In the wild, it is found natively in the sub-tropical rainforests of eastern Australia.