Pimenta adenoclada
Jamaica Pepper
Pimenta dioica
(L.) Merr. Species
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- Botanical name
- Pimenta dioica
- Also known as
- Allspice, Clover-Pepper, Jamaica Pepper, Jamaica-Pepper, Myrtle Pepper, Newspice, Pimenta, Turkish Yenibahar
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Pimenta
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Jamaica Pepper
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Pimenta dioica but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Caryophyllus pimenta
Eugenia micrantha
Eugenia pimenta
Eugenia pimenta var. longifolia
Eugenia pimenta var. ovalifolia
Evanesca crassifolia
Evanesca micrantha
Myrtus aromatica
Myrtus aromatica
Myrtus dioica
Myrtus pimenta
Myrtus pimenta var. brevifolia
Myrtus pimenta var. longifolia
Myrtus piperita
Pimenta aromatica
Pimenta communis
Pimenta communis
Pimenta officinalis
Pimenta officinalis var. cumanensis
Pimenta officinalis var. longifolia
Pimenta officinalis var. ovalifolia
Pimenta officinalis var. tenuifolia
Pimenta pimenta
Pimenta vulgaris
Pimenta vulgaris
Pimentus aromatica
Pimentus geminata
Pimentus vera
Others in Pimenta
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