Anisillo - A Jungle Nibble | Plants of Costa Rica

If Carollia bats could talk, they would tell you that anisillo tastes as good or better than the bee's knees. And they would be right.
These plants are found here in Costa Rica, and much of the area between Mexico and Ecuador, sporting a root-beer/licorice/slightly medicinal flavour, and finding wide use in cooking as a result. They're also important food for certain bats, and ideally shaped for these night-munchers to pick up as a take-home snack.
Plants in this video:
Anisillo (Piper auritum)
Family: Piperaceae (Black Pepper Family)
Other Names: root beer plant, Mexican pepperleaf, Vera Cruz pepper, false kava, false awa, false kawa, false sakau, sacred pepper, acuyo, alaján, hinojo, hoja de anís, hoja de jute, hoja de momo, hoja santa, hierba santa, jaco, juniapa, pimienta sagrada, clanilpa, tlanepa, tlanepaquelite, tlanecpahquílitl, makulan, xmakulam, poivre mexicain, mexikanische blattpfeffer, ohrenpfeffer
Image Credits:
Anisillo (2): Forest and Kim Starr, flickr.com, CC-BY 2.0
Aguachile: L.A. Foodie, flickr.com, CC-BY 2.0
Other Food (3): T.Tseng, flickr.com, CC-BY 2.0
Bat 1: Daniel Fonseca, iNaturalist, CC-BY 4.0
Bat 2: Andy Morffew, flickr.com, CC-BY 2.0
Bat eating Piper sancti-felicis: Susan Whitehead for Virginia Tech, Public Domain
Filmed at and around Tamandua Biological Station, close to Corcovado National Park in the Osa Peninsula.
Special thanks to Rebeca Quirós and Allan Montes

[@chompers11]

Looks super familiar. Sweet channel

[@padego58]

Great video!

[@Pho7on]

Another fantastic video! There is a lot of content out there making the world feel small, but you manage to show all the things that make it feel big.

[@AmblingwithSam]

Thanks, I really appreciate it! That's part of my goal, and I love getting to share these things with people.

[@robertfaber6796]

Bat noodles … sounds good to me.

[@chompers11]

😂❤

[@aksbs3700]

you should contact Jared from Weird Explorer. i bet he would like to share with you experiences, fruits, data, etc.

[@AmblingwithSam]

Yeah, that would be a fun connection to make! He has definitely tried a lot more fruits than I have.

[@SomeOneHigh]

😂 u need more views , you ready for 📈 if you do , keep posting them videos , try different things not everyone can Depending on Region , you know Pine Forest -> Pine Cones -> Pine Honey ❤

[@AmblingwithSam]

Thanks! Yeah, pine honey would be interesting! I actually live in the part of Manitoba that doesn't have many natural pines, but it would definitely be fun to do some videos exploring some of the other nearby regions.