Pimenta dioica

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

Menstrual cramps, Abdominal pain in Caribbean culture, Cardiovascular effects.

Parts Used

Flower, Leaves.

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%).

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Allspice

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
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.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual		White		Flower branches 5-15 cm long.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit	Round	4-6 mm in diameter	Deep purple to black		{{{6}}}

Mode of 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.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

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