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Taxon:
Pimenta dioica
(L.) Merr.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Pimenta
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Myrteae
Nomen number:
28390
Place of publication:
Contr. Gray Herb. 165:37. 1947
Verified:
03/14/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Myrtus dioica
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Myrtus aromatica
Salisb.
Myrtus pimenta
L.
Pimenta officinalis
Lindl.
Pimenta pimenta
(L.) H. Karst.
Pimenta vulgaris
Lindl.
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Pimenta+dioica&quantity=1
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds.
1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
URL:
http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Landrum, L. R.
1986.
Campomanesia
,
Pimenta
,
Blepharocalyx
,
Legrandia
,
Acca
,
Myrrhinium
, and
Luma
(Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:83.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Macía Braco, M. J.
1998. La Pimienta de Jamaica [
Pimenta dioica
(L.) Merrill,
Myrtaceae
] en la Sierra norte de Puebla (México). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 56:337-349.
URL:
http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/jardin/index.php?Cab=112&SubCab=217&len=en&Pag=219
Magness, J. R. et al.
1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Paula, J. A. M. et al.
2010. Gênero
Pimenta
: aspectos botânicos, composição química e potencial farmacológico. Revista Brasil. Pl. Med. 12:363-379.
URL:
http://www.ibb.unesp.br/#!/departamentos/botanica/publicacoes-e-produtos-academicos/rbpm---revista-brasileira-de-plantas-medicinais/
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Common names
English
allspice –
Reference(s)
clover-pepper –
Reference(s)
Jamaica-pepper –
Reference(s)
pimenta –
Reference(s)
German
Nelkenpfeffer –
Reference(s)
Pimentbaum –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
pimenta-de-jamaica –
Reference(s)
Spanish
malaqueta –
Reference(s)
Swedish
kryddpeppar –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
San Luis Potosí
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Campeche
s.e.
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Chiapas
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Oaxaca
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Puebla
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Tabasco
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
Native
Northern America
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[San Luis Potosí]
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Campeche (s.e.), Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Cuba
,
Jamaica
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
El Salvador
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
spice
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References