Star anise is the fruit of a small evergreen tree native to southwest China. The star-shaped fruits are picked just before ripening and dried before use.They contain the same essential oil as the botanically unrelated Spanish anise seed, which gives the two a nearly identical flavor-strong, sweet, and licoricey.tar anise is the fruit of a small evergreen tree native to southwest China. The star-shaped fruits are picked just before ripening and dried before use.
The other possible dysorders suggested by some as being the disease process that caused George Washingtonâs death were acute diphtheria (laryngeal diphtheria), quinsy, acute laryngitis, and Ludwigâs angina.
George Washington probably died from pneumonia causing in acute epiglottitis, which causes death by inflaming the epiglottis and slowly constricting the throat until the patient suffocates. He probably caught his sickness from his habitual horseback rides, which he took in the middle of a snowy day in December, then choosing not to change his wet clothes because there were guests visiting Mount Vernon.