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Pimenta dioica

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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%). [1]

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.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

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.

[2]

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}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

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. [3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

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