Pimenta dioica

Common name: Allspice, Jamaican Pepper

Family: Myrtaceae

Synonym(s):

Country of Origin: S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean

Description:

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

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USDA Zone: 10a-11

Source: Logees

Provenance:

• February 2016 - Received as Pimenta officinalis. Name corrected per PlantList.

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Culture:

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: rosids
• Order: Myrtales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Myrtaceae
• SubFamily: Myrtoideae
• Tribe: Myrteae
• SubTribe:

References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
2. Allspice at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
3. Pimenta dioica at National Tropical Botanical Garden. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
4. 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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