Accession Data
Pimenta dioica
Common Name: Allspice, Jamaican Pepper
Family: Myrtaceae
Country of Origin: S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
Uses: The green berries are picked and then dried. The whole dried fruit is ground to produce the spice or condiment Allspice. Eugenol oil is used as an anesthetic for tooth aches and as a digestive aid3
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 10a-11
Accession #: 201600034
Accession Date: 2016-02-23
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1303
Quantity: 1
Source: Logees
Provenance:
- February 2016 - Received as Pimenta officinalis. Name corrected per PlantList.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
SubFamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
- Allspice at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
- Pimenta dioica at National Tropical Botanical Garden. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
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