allspice: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Pimenta dioica • Jamaican pepper • pimento • Pimenta officinalis

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A pile of dried, round brown allspice berries (Pimenta dioica) scattered on a weathered wooden surface.

Glossy green leaves and small clusters of pale green flower buds on a branch of the allspice tree, Pimenta dioica.

Allspice (Pimenta dioica).

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