{"id":1350113,"date":"2011-03-29T05:15:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T05:15:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:49:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:19:07","slug":"schinus-terebinthifolius","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/schinus-terebinthifolius\/","title":{"rendered":"Schinus terebinthifolia (Cultivated)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Schinus<\/i> terebinthifolia<\/i> Raddi<\/span><\/font><\/a>, Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. Modena, Pt. Mem. Fis. 18: 399 1820<\/i>. (Syn: Rhus<\/i> schinoides<\/i> Willd. ex Schult.<\/span><\/font><\/a>\u00a0(Unresolved); Rhus<\/i> trijuga<\/i> Poir.<\/span><\/font><\/a>\u00a0(Unresolved); Sarcotheca<\/i> bahiensis<\/i> Turcz.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Schinus<\/i> antiarthriticus<\/i> Mart. ex Marchand<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Schinus<\/i> mellisii<\/i> Engl.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Schinus<\/i> mucronulatus<\/i> Mart.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Schinus<\/i> terebinthifolia<\/i> var.<\/span> damaziana<\/i> Beauverd<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Schinus<\/i> terebinthifolia<\/i> var.<\/span> raddiana<\/i> Engl.<\/span><\/font><\/a>);\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Common name:<\/b> Brazilian Pepper, Aroeira, Bahamian holly, christmas berry, Florida holly, pepper tree, pink pepper, rose pepper<\/div>\n
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S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Alto Parana,
\nAmambay, Caazapa, Canindeyu), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Rodrigues (I), South
\nAfrica (I), St. Helena (I), Benin (I), Mozambique (I), Namibia (I), trop. Africa
\n(I), Angola (I), Guinea (I), Portugal (I), Spain (I), Gibraltar (I), Costa Rica
\n(I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Queensland (I)), Taiwan (I), Jamaica
\n(I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Puerto Rico (I), Bahamas (I), Honduras
\n(I), Turks & Caicos Isl. (I), Panama (I), Ecuador (I), Mexico (I), Bolivia
\n(I), Venezuela (I), Isla Margarita (I), Colombia (I), Cuba (I), Virgin Isl. (I)
\n(Anegada (I), St. Croix (I), St. John (I)), Trinidad & Tobago (I), New
\nCaledonia (I), Norfolk Isl. (I), Fiji (I), Marshall Isl. (I) (Kwajalein (I)),
\nSouthern Marianas (I) (Guam (I)), Bonin Isl. (I) (Chichijima (I)), Hawaii (I)
\n(Midway Isl. (I), Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I), Hawaii
\nIsl. (I)), India (I), Pakistan (I), Vietnam (I), Morocco (I), Algeria (I),
\nTunisia (I), Libya (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I))<\/font> as per Catalogue of Life<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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<\/b>Schinus terebinthifolius<\/i> is a species of flowering plant<\/font><\/a> in the cashew<\/font><\/a> family, Anacardiaceae<\/font><\/a>, that is native to subtropical and tropical South America (southeastern Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay). <\/font>It is found in the following states of Brazil: Alagoas, Bahia, Esp\u00edrito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Paran\u00e1, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, S\u00e3o Paulo and Sergipe.<\/font> Common names include Brazilian pepper<\/b>, aroeira<\/b>, rose pepper<\/b>, and Christmasberry<\/b>.[<\/span>2]<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0<\/div>\n

Brazilian pepper is a sprawling <\/font>shrub<\/font><\/a> or small <\/font>tree<\/font><\/a>, with a shallow root system, reaching a height of 7\u201310 m. The branches can be upright, reclining, or nearly vine-like, all on the same plant. Its plastic morphology allows it to thrive in all kinds of ecosystems: from dunes to swamps, where it grows as a quasi-aquatic plant.[<\/span>3]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup> The <\/font>leaves<\/font><\/a> are <\/font>alternate<\/font><\/a>, 10\u201322\u00a0cm long, <\/font>pinnately<\/font><\/a> compound with (3\u2013) 5\u201315 <\/font>leaflets<\/font><\/a>; the leaflets are roughly <\/font>oval<\/font><\/a> (lanceolate to elliptical), 3\u20136\u00a0cm long and 2\u20133.5\u00a0cm broad, and have finely toothed margins, an acute to rounded apex and yellowish veins. The leaf <\/font>rachis<\/font><\/a> between the leaflets is usually (but not invariably) slightly winged. The plant is <\/font>dioecious<\/font><\/a>, with small white <\/font>flowers<\/font><\/a> borne profusely in axillary <\/font>clusters<\/font><\/a>. The <\/font>fruit<\/font><\/a> is a small red spherical <\/font>drupe<\/font><\/a> 4\u20135\u00a0mm diameter, carried in dense clusters of hundreds of berries.<\/font><\/div>\n
There are two varieties<\/font><\/a>:<\/font><\/div>\n
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