Fresh and Aromatic Pimenta Dioica & P. Officinalis Allspice Plants - Enhance Your Cooking with the Flavor of Allspice!

Description

Common name:

All Spice, Pimento Allspice

Regional name:

Marathi - Garam Masala Zad

Category:

Spice plants & edible Herbs, Medicinal Plants, Shrubs, Trees

Family:

Myrtaceae or Jamun or Eucalyptus family

Light:

Sun growing, Semi shade

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate more

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Flowers are inconspicuous

Flower or Inflorescence color:

White

Foliage color:

Green

Plant Height or length:

6 to 8 meters

Plant Spread or Width:

4 to 6 meters

Plant Form:

Upright or Erect

Special Character:

• Fragrant flowers or leaves
• Good for making bonsai
• Good for screening
• Good for Hedges and Borders
• Attracts bees
• Insect or mosquito repellent
• Salt or salinity tolerant
• Must have for Farm house or big gardens

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Less than a hundred

Plant Description:

- Tired of mixing so many spices to get that nice spicy flavour Here is the answer. Just a leaf from this one and you wont know if its clove or cardamon or cinnamon!
- That is why its called the all spice.
- Origin Tropical America.
- Plant height up to 8 m.
- Evergreen, small fruiting tree.
- Simple, dark green, oblong, glossy, leathery, strongly aromatic leaves.
- Creamy white, very small, 4 ported, nectar rich with many stamens, fragrant flower.
- Fruit a berry, to 6.5 cm globose, black, spicey and pungent.
- The leaves are used as a spice.
- P. diovica takes 20 year to begin fruiting.

Growing tips:

- Plants are quite slow growing when young.
- Grows well in full sun or bright shade.
- Fertile and well drained soil is required.
- Leaves taste best when they are green and fresh.