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Pimenta dioica

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Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world. The name allspice was coined as early as 1621 by the English, who valued it as a spice that combined the flavours of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. Contrary to common misconception, it is not a mixture of spices.

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Family
Myrtaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Pimenta dioica
Slug
pimenta-dioica
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Pimenta
Species
dioica
Wikidata QID
Q158468
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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