Allspice is the dried fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant. The fruits are picked when green and unripe, and are traditionally dried in the sun. When dry, they are brown and resemble large, smooth …

Dec 12, 2025 · It is widely used in baking and is usually present in mincemeat and mixed pickling spice. Early Spanish explorers, mistaking it for a type of pepper, called it pimenta, hence its …

Jun 10, 2025 · The pimiento peppers in your pimiento cheese are small peppers. In the Caribbean, pimento also refers to allspice, which comes from the dried berries of the myrtle …

Pimenta dioica is valued as a specimen tree with attractive peeling bark and fragrant leaves. It needs near-tropical conditions to survive; can be grown outdoors in the tropics and subtropics …

Pimenta dioica, commonly called allspice or Jamaica pepper, is native to the West Indies, Mexico and Central America. It is a small evergreen tree that typically grows from 20-40' tall.

Jun 21, 2025 · Allspice is a versatile spice derived from the Pimenta dioica tree, offering a complex blend of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pepper. Pimento, on the other hand, is a …

Native to the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America, Pimenta is best known for its most famous member, Pimenta dioica, the source of the beloved spice, allspice.

Pimenta is a genus of flowering plants belonging to family Myrtaceae, native to the West Indies, Mexico, and South America. Numerous traditional uses were reported as anti-inflammatory, …

Pimenta refers to the genus of flowering plants in the Myrtaceae family, particularly exemplified by Pimenta dioica, commonly known as allspice, which is used as a spice and has applications in …

Jun 11, 2024 · Allspice is a spice made from the dried berries of a plant known as Pimenta dioica, which is a member of the myrtle family. The flavor of allspice brings to mind cinnamon, cloves, …