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Pimenta dioica

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{{stub}}[[File:Pimenta dioica-IMG 3442.jpg|thumb|right|'''Pimenta dioica''']]'''Pimenta dioica''' is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.
==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Flower}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootLeaves}}.
==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 (54.26%).
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=|gu=|hi=|kn=|ksml=|mlsa=|mrta=|pate=|tahi=|teen=Allspice}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
 
===Rasa===
 
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Round in outline|Leaves are 6-15 cm long, 3-6 cm wide and aromatic when crushed. They are dark green on the upper surface and lighter green beneath.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual||White||Flower branches 5-15 cm long.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Simple Fruit|Round|4-6 mm in diameter||Deep purple to black|}}
===Other features===
==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the moist to wet lowland tropics, growing best at elevations below 330 metres but able to be grown up to 1,500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 15 - 32°c, but can tolerate 10 - 35°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,500 - 2,500mm, but tolerates 1,000 - 3,500mm.
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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==Photo Gallery==
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File:Starr 050516-1367 Pimenta dioica.jpgFile:Starr 080117-1805 Pimenta dioica.jpgFile:Pimenta dioica 16zz.jpg
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==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10412905.1996.9700628#:~:text=The%20leaf%20oil%20of%20Pimenta%20dioica%20L.,found%20was%20eugenol%20(54.26%25). Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">["Chemistry"]<https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/ref> <ref name="Leaf">["42377 Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]<http://ref><ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by Ctropical.Ptheferns.Khareinfo/viewtropical.php?id=Pimenta+dioica Cultivation Details]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/op41-19-58.pdf Pimenta dioica]* [ ]* [ ]
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