Pimenta dioica - Allspice Tree
By Delonix1
15 Sep, 2009
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The Allspice tree grows to 40 feet / 14 meters tall. This small tree is in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. It is loaded with fruit which turns black when ripe. The tree is native to West Indies and Southern Mexico. Photo taken August 15, 2009.
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Yorkshire:
Thanks!
18 Sep, 2009
Mmmm... the wonderful smell of allspice. I've often wondered if, since the smell of the spicy seeds are similar to the smell of a combination of cinnamon bark and clove buds,...if it was somehow related to those two other plants?
4 Oct, 2009
Lori:
Cinnamon trees are grown here...however, they are in the Laureceae (Laurel) family. Allspice tree and Clove is in the same family Myrtaceae (Myrlte)
5 Oct, 2009
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16 Sep, 2009