Fennel is a highly aromatic and flavorful herb with culinary and medicinal uses and, along with the similar-tasting anise, Fennel seeds are the primary flavor component in Italian sausage. Fennel is the dried ripe fruit of a perennial aromatic herbaceous plant, which grows in mild climates. Approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inches, long and have a green food colour. They are Oblong, elliptical, straight & slightly curved with prominent ridges. It smells like amise and taste similar. It has a slight note of camphor.