Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr., Contr. Gray Herb. n.s., 165: 337 1947. (Syn: Caryophyllus pimenta (L.) Mill.; Eugenia micrantha Bertol. ….; Evanesca crassifolia Raf. [Illegitimate] .; Myrtus aromatica Poir. [Illegitimate] …….; Pimenta aromatica Kostel. [Illegitimate] ……….; Pimenta officinalis O. Berg; Pimenta officinalis var. cumanensis Schiede & Deppe …..; Pimenta pimenta (L.) H.Karst. [Invalid] ….); . People do use it in Pulav and sometimes in Biriyani; . The fruit on my tree is only 6mm in diameter. The flowers are barely 4 mm in diameter. The leaves have the flavour of several spices; . S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean as per WCSP; . Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Chiapas, Jalisco, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz), Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Trinidad (introduced), Surinam (introduced), Puerto Rico (introduced), Virgin Isl. (introduced) (St. Croix (introduced)), Lesser Antilles (introduced) (Anguilla (introduced), St. Martin (introduced), St. Barts (introduced), Barbuda (introduced), Antigua (introduced), Saba (introduced), St. Eustatius (introduced), Montserrat (introduced), Guadeloupe (introduced), Marie Galante (introduced), Dominica (introduced), Martinique (introduced), St. Lucia (introduced), St. Vincent (introduced), Grenadines (introduced), Grenada (introduced), Barbados (introduced)), Colombia (introduced), trop. Africa (introduced), Seychelles (introduced), Fiji (introduced), Micronesia (introduced) (Yap (introduced)), Society Isl. (introduced) (Tahiti (introduced)), Cook Isl. (introduced) (Rarotonga (introduced)), Hawaii (introduced) (Kauai (introduced) (Koloa District (introduced)), East Maui (introduced) (Ha`iku) (introduced)), Micronesia (introduced) (Pohnpei) (introduced)) as per Catalogue of Life; .
some pictures of flowers, leaves and trunk of Allspice. Date & Time 29/05/2011 Location: Place, Altitude, GPS Chethalayam, Wayanad. Habitat: Garden, Urban, Wild Type: Garden Plant Habit: Tree, Shrub, Climber, Herb Tree. Height, Length. 20’ The fruit on my tree is only 6mm in diameter. The flowers are barely 4 mm in diameter. The leaves have the flavour of several spices. beautiful tree and flowers. We have the same tree growing in our Society’s garden. We use the leaves in pulavs. Oh! yes, people do use it in Pulav and sometimes in Biriyani. nice discussion i search for this tree and i found it this is Pimenta dioca (all spices) please visit this link http://aromatherapy-tips-and-tricks/allspiceberry.html … reached correctly it seems.. Nice member of Myrtaceae indeed !!! Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. is the accepted name of Pimenta officinalis Lindl. Thanks … Lalbagh has a big tree, but I didn’t see any flowers till now.
Thanks for sharing … . Requesting ID of this plant cultivated – Mumbai :02072013 : ARK-02 : June 2013 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors. Requesting to please ID this cultivated plant captured in Mumbai in June 2013. This plant is known as All spice and native to islands of Jamaica.
TSP-DEC2016-02-457: Images of Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae)…The Allspice plant. : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) Presenting few images of Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae) …The Allspice plant. Habit:A medium sized tree Habitat:Cultivated Sighting:Chikmagalur,Karnataka about 1200 msl Date:05-11-2016, 16-11-2016 and 15-12-2016 Thanks for showing this species. We often talk about this species in the lectures of Economic Botany. The students will be able to see flowers also of this species. Thanks … I have this growing in my backyard.
Please ID the tree photographed in Mysore. For me it looks Pimenta dioica (All spice tree). I also think close to images at Pimenta dioica
MS/2019/5/1 : Allspice plant : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6) I am posting a few pictures of ‘All spice’ plant (a big shrub or a small tree) grown in my home garden. It looks like Pimenta dioica. Please confirm the ID/ suggest the ID. Unfortunately the flower pictures are not very clear due to camera problem. Leaves and dried fruits are used in culinary, especially leaves for pulav ! It is an Allspice plant. I have one too. The leaves and flowers look like Allspice. if you are using it, can you describe the decent? google images for leaves shows a variation in size and pointed or rounded tips of the leaves but i remember this plant from one of the Hawaiian bot gardens a few years ago. your leaves match my memory. flowers are similar to what … showed a few days ago. may be we can revisit his thread? .   Plant for ID : Nasik : 28JAN22 : AK – 41: 2 images. A potted plant seen at a nursery in Nasik. Was given to understand that this is Cloves that we use as a spice. Syzygium aromaticum? I am doubtful as per images at Syzygium aromaticum (Cultivated) Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. [Myrtaceae]. Many thanks … for the correct id. .
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Pimenta dioica (Cultivated)
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