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[[File:Pimenta dioica-IMG 3442.jpg|thumb|right|'''Pimenta dioica''']]
'''Pimenta dioica''' is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica. It is a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.
==Uses==https://ayurwiki.org/Ayurwiki/Pilocarpus_microphyllus
{{Uses|Menstrual cramps}}, {{Uses|Abdominal pain in Caribbean culture}}, {{Uses|Cardiovascular effects}}.
==Chemical Composition==
The leaf oil of Pimenta dioica L. of Cuban origin has been analyzed by a combination of capillary gas chromatography and GC/MS. The oil contained more than fifty components, of which more than forty have been identified. The main constituent found was eugenol.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
