WorldFloraDB - Pimenta racemosa

Characteristics

Shrub or small slender tree 7.5–15 m tall; bark thin and scaly, peeling to produce a mottled trunk; essentially glabrous but with dense glands on stems and leaves.. Leaves very aromatic, obovate to elliptic, 3–15 cm long, 1.2–7.5 cm wide, acute to broadly rounded at the apex, coriaceous.. Flowers white, 5-merous, small, in many flowered ((5–)15–100) panicles 2.5–12 cm long.. Fruit subglobose, 6–12 mm diameter, 1–4-seeded (2–8 fide T.T.C.L.).

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An evergreen tree. It grows 13 m tall. The bark is brownish. The leaves are leathery and oblong. They are 8-10 cm long and 1-6 cm wide. There are 10-20 pairs of secondary veins. The flowers are small and white. They occur as 15-100 in a group. The tree has an aroma. The fruit are round and 5-15 mm wide. There are 1-4 seeds.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	13.0 - 15.0
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Rooting depth (meter)	1.5
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It is native to tropical America. It does well in seasonally moist and dry climates. It needs an average, well-drained soil. It needs full sun. It suits hardiness zones 10-12.

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Forests, usually on dry slopes in Puerto Rico.

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Usage

The oil is distilled from the leaves and used to flavour food. It is used for soups, meats and condiments. The bark and fruit are used as condiments.

Uses	environmental use essential oil food gene source material medicinal oil seasoning wood
Edible	barks fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use	Digestive (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Diarrhea (fruit), Dyspepsia (fruit), Flatulence (fruit), Headache (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Bite(Bug) (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Chest-Cold (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Incontinence (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Perfume (unspecified), Pleurisy (unspecified), Pneumonia (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified), Stroke (unspecified), Vertigo (unspecified), Adenopathy (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Elephantiasis (unspecified), Cancer(Breast) (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Varicosity (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds and by budding.

Mode	seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°)	22 - 28
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