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'''Pseudowintera colorata''' is a species of woody evergreen flowering trees and shrubs, andit is the part of family Winteraceae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. All Winteraceae are magnoliids, associated with the humid Antarctic flora of the southern hemisphere.

== Description Uses== Pseudowintera colorata{{Uses|Diabetes}}, or mountain horopito{{Uses|Digestion}}, is an evergreen shrub or small tree (1–2.5 m) commonly called pepperwood because its leaves have a hot taste. It is also known as the New Zealand pepper tree{{Uses|Cold}}, winter's bark{{Uses|Infection}}, or red horopito. It is so named because early taxonomists recognized the similarity between horopito and the South American Drimys winteri that provided the herbal remedy "winter's bark." They are both members of the Winteraceae family{{Uses|Relieves Pain}}, which are mainly found on the land masses that once made up the great southern continent of Gondwana - South America{{Uses|cancer}}, Australia{{Uses|Menstrual Problems}}, New Zealand and New Guinea. Its yellowish-green leaves are blotched with red{{Uses|Nosebleed}}, with new leaves in the spring being bright red. It is distributed within lowland forests up to higher montane forests from 36° 30' South as far southward as Stewart Island/Rakiura. A characteristic plant association for P. colorata is within the podocarp forests of Westland{{Uses|Kidney Problems}}, where alliant understory plants such as Rumohra adiantiformis{{Uses|Dandruff and Hair Loss}}, Ascarina lucida, Pseudopanax colensoi, Pseudopanax edgerleyi and Blechnum discolor are found{{Uses|Head Lice}}.

The evergreen horopito plant is continually exposed to attack by various insects and parasites and its occurrence in high rainfall areas makes it particularly susceptible to attack by fungi==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Flowers}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}.

== Uses Chemical Composition== *Pseudowintera colorata is grown as a spicePinenes, as an ornamentallimones, humulene and as a traditional medicine plant.* Horopito is documented in the treatment of skin diseases such as ringwormeugenol, or for venereal diseases.*The bruised leaves are used as a poultice for chaffing of and the skin, or to heal wounds, bruises or cuts".<ref name="uses"/>*Early European settlers to New Zealand also used horopito for medicinal purposes. For internal useflavonoids quercetin, leaves were either chewed or prepared as a tea. "The leaves luteolin and bark are aromatic and pungent; the former are occasionally used by settlers suffering from diarrhoeic complaintsproanthocyanidins."<ref name="uses2"/>*A decoction of the leaves was taken for stomach ache and was known as "Maori Painkiller" and "Bushman's Painkiller."<ref name=chemical composition"uses3/>

==Common namenames=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=California Bay Laurel, Pepperwood}}

* '''English''' ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - PepperwoodSubstance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===

== References =Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava=== ==Habit== {{Habit|Domed shrub}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Alterbate|Leaf colour is Yellow/cream blotched with red}}<referencesref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-20|Time of Flowers is spring and Flowers are insignificant}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|General|7–10 mm|Fruits are black small berries and Time of Fruits is summer||many}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Grow in humus-rich, preferably neutral to acid, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or light shade<ref name="usesHow to plant/cultivate"/>Riley ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, M{{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02. (1994) Maori Healing and HerbaljpgImage: New Zealand Ethnobotanical SourcebookAgrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0. Paraparaumu, New Zealandjpg</gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="chemical composition">[http: Viking Sevenseas, p146//www.nutritionalwellness.com/archives/2007/may/05_horopito.php "Pharmacology"]</ref> <ref name="uses2Leaf">Kirk T[https://shotovergardencentre.co. (1889) The Forest Flora of NZ Govt Printer Wellingtonnz/at-the-garden-centre/natives/pseudowintera-colorata/ "plant description"]</ref> <ref name="uses3How to plant/cultivate">Featon E[https://www.rhs. Horg. (1889) Art Album of NZ Vol 1 Trubner & Co Londonuk/Plants/14095/Pseudowintera-colorata/Details "How to grow"]</ref>

== External Links == * [https://triumphanddisaster.com/blogs/news/the-science-of-nature-horopito-pseudowintera-colorata THE SCIENCE OF NATURE: HOROPITO - PSEUDOWINTERA COLORATA]*[https://enwww.kauriparknurseries.co.nz/plants/pseudowintera-colorata-horopito-pepper-tree/ Pseudowintera colorata on kauriparknur series.wikipediaco.orgnz]* [http:/wiki/Pseudowintera_colorata www.alanjolliffe.com/pseudowintera-colorata.html Pseudowintera colorata on The Art and Science of Horticulture]* [https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/content.cfm?ref=Pseudowintera+- Wikipedia+Growing+Guide Pseudowintera colorata on burncoose.co.uk]