Botanical: Anise Myrtle

[caption id="attachment_8631" align="alignleft" width="390"] By Melburnian (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons[/caption]An Australian Bushfood named for a comparable European Ingredient, the Anise Myrtle grows in rainforests and has an aromatic profile similar to aniseed. Some even have referred to it as the “Aniseed tree.”

As a relatively uncommon Australian ingredient, it’s likely to be found in gins which highlight Australian flora. The Anise Myrtle is used as a spice and also as an herbal tea.
Gins featuring Anise Myrtle