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Allspice
Pimenta dioica
Allspice · Jamaica-Pepper · Pimenta · Clover-Pepper · Pimento · Hazo mfoka · Jamaica · Jamaica Pepper · Jamaica-pepper · Jamaican pepper · Korzennik lekarski · Mri wa dite · Myrtle Pepper · Nelkenpfeffer · Nelkenpfeffer (DE); Pimento (ES); Allspice (EN) · Newspice · Pepe della Giamaica · Piment
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Latin America, Nc, Mexico
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Anodyne, Antioxidant, Bactericide, Carminative
Science studied: ACETONE, ALUMINUM, TRANS-ANETHOLE, AROMADENDRENE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Myrtaceae
Scientific name: Pimenta dioica
Common names: Allspice, Jamaica-Pepper, Pimenta, Clover-Pepper, Pimento, Hazo mfoka, Jamaica, Jamaica Pepper, Jamaica-pepper, Jamaican pepper, Korzennik lekarski, Mri wa dite, Myrtle Pepper, Nelkenpfeffer, Nelkenpfeffer (DE); Pimento (ES); Allspice (EN), Newspice, Pepe della Giamaica, Piment
POWO: 196799-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Turkey, Latin America, Nc, Mexico.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Anodyne
- Antioxidant
- Bactericide
- Carminative
- Corn
- Fumitory
- Fungicide
- Spice
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- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Rheumatism
- Neuralgia
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- Latin America
- Nc
- Mexico
Documented cultural uses
- Anodyne
- Antioxidant
- Bactericide
- Carminative
- Corn
- Fumitory
- Fungicide
- Spice
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Rheumatism
- Neuralgia
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Anodyne · Elsewhere · "
- Anodyne · Turkey · "
- Antioxidant · Elsewhere · "
- Bactericide · Elsewhere · "
- Carminative · Latin America · "
- Carminative · Turkey · "
- Carminative · Elsewhere · "
- Corn · Nc · "
- Fumitory · Mexico · "
- Fungicide · Elsewhere · "
- Spice · Turkey · "
- Stimulant · Mexico · "
- Stimulant · Turkey · "
- Stomachic · Turkey · "
- Rheumatism · Elsewhere · "
- Stimulant · Latin America · "
- Stimulant · Elsewhere · "
- Neuralgia · Elsewhere · "
- Spice · Latin America · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Anticonvulsant Potential and Network Pharmacology Analysis of Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. · 2026 source ↗
- INVESTIGATION OF THE LARVICIDAL POTENTIAL OF THE ESSENTIAL OILS FROM JAMAICAN HYPTIS VERTICILLATA AND PIMENTA DIOICA AGAINST AEDES MOSQUITOES. · 2026 source ↗
- Chemical Profile and Antibacterial Effect of <i>Pimenta dioica</i> Essential Oil Against <i>Ralstonia solanacearum</i> Race 2 Causing Moko Disease on Banana Crop. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETONE
- ALUMINUM
- TRANS-ANETHOLE
- AROMADENDRENE
- ASH
- BARIUM
- BORON
- CALCIUM
- ALPHA-CADINENE
- GAMMA-CADINENE
- CADMIUM
- CALAMENENE
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- DELTA-3-CARENE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-ALDEHYDE
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- CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- CINNAMALDEHYDE
- COBALT
- COPAENE
- CUBENENE
- CYCLOSATIVENE
- P-CYMEN-8-OL
- ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE
- DODECANE
- EICOSANE
- EO
- 10-EPI-(ALPHA)-CADINOL
- EPIGLOBULOL
- EPICUBENOL
- 4,8-EPOXYTERPINOLENE
- EUGENOL
- FAT
- FLUORINE
- FIBER
- FURFURALDEHYDE
- GERANYL-ACETATE
- GLOBULOL
- ALPHA-GURJUNENE
- HEPTANAL
- HEXADECANE
- CIS-3-HEXENOL
- HUMULENE-EPOXIDE-I
- HUMULENE-EPOXIDE-II
- INTERMEDIOL
- ISOCARYOPHYLLENE
- ISOVALERALDEHYDE
- LEDENE
- MALIC-ACID
- MERCURY
- METHYL-BENZOATE
- 2-METHYL-BUTYL-ACETATE
- METHYL-CHAVICOL
- T-MUUROLOL
- MYRCENE
- NIACIN
- NONADECANE
- OCTADECANE
- OCTANOL
- PENTADECANE
- PENTANOL
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- ALPHA-SANTALENE
- SELINA-3,11-DIENE
- SELINE-4(14),11-DIENE
- BETA-SELINENE
- DELTA-SELINENE
- SODIUM
- SPATHULENOL
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TERPINOLENE
- TETRACOSANE
- THIAMIN
- TOLUENE
- TRANS-2-HEXENAL
- TRANS-OCIMENE
- TRICOSANE
- TRIDECANE
- VALERALDEHYDE
- VANADIUM
- ZINC
- COPPER
- IRON
- LEAD
- ALPHA-MAALIENE
- ALPHA-SELINENE
- ALLO-AROMADENDRENE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- CIS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE
- 10-(ALPHA)-CADINOL
- CARBOHYDRATE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-ALCOHOL
- 1,8-CINEOL
- BETA-COPAENE
- AR-CURCUMENE
- DOCOSANE
- BETA-ELEMENE
- 10-EPIZONARENE
- ETHYL-BENZOATE
- EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER
- FUFUROL
- HEPTADECANE
- HEXANOL
- BETA-HUMULENE
- ISOEUGENOL
- LEDOL
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- 2-METHYL-BUTANOL
- ALPHA-MUUROLENE
- CIS-OCIMENE
- ALPHA-PALUSTRINE
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- BETA-PINENE
- SABINENE
- SELINA-4,11-DIENE
- SELENIUM
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- TETRADECANE
- TRANS-P-MENTHA-1(10),5,DIENE-2-OL
- UNDECANE
- ZONARENE
- STRONTIUM
- CINEOLE
- CHROMIUM
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- LINALOOL
- METHYL-EUGENOL
- PHYTOSTEROL
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- PHOSPHORUS
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- LIMONENE
- DELTA-CADINENE
- P-CYMENE
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- ALPHA-COPAENE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CONIFERALDEHYDE
- CIS-BETA-OCIMENE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- PIMENTOL
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-XYLOSIDE
- QUERCITRIN
- TERPIN-1-EN-4-OL
- TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE
- CHAVICOL
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- CAMPESTEROL
- CATECHINS
- GLYCOSIDES
- PROANTHOCYANIDINS
- SALICYLATES
- STIGMASTEROL
- 3-OCTANON
- 1-OCTEN-3-OLE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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