Allspice
- Product number: 831745.1
- Origin: Central America, West Indies
- Latin: Pimenta dioica
A true American ("West Indian") spice pepper! It's the seeds that are used, in dried or ground form. The taste is milder than black or white pepper and has aromas of clove, pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg. You can understand that this spice has been known to the Aztecs and Mayans for centuries.
Names:
Latin: Pimenta dioica
Dutch: Jamaicapeper
Also: Piment, Pimentbes, Pimento, Allspice, Nagelpeper, Nagelgruis
English: Allspice
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- Flower colour: Small white flowers
- Average growth height: More than 200 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Hardy: Not frost hardy
- Origin: Central America, West Indies
- Ease of cultivation: Advanced
- Latin: Pimenta dioica
- Dutch: Allspice
- Also known as: Allspice
- English: Allspice
