Caryophyllus (U. S. P.)—Cloves.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
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Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.
Engl.: allspice, clove pepper, Jamaican pepper, piment, pimenta, pimento, pimento tree.
Deu.: Nelkenpfeffer, Piment.
Fran.: toutépice.
Sven.: kryddpeppar.
Suom.: maustepippuri.
Pharm.: piper jamaicense, semen amomi.
Bot. syn.: Eugenia pimenta DC., Myrtus tabasco Willd. ex Schltdl. & Cham., Pimenta officinalis Lindley, Pimenta pimenta (L.) Karst.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
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Classic texts: Woodville 1790-1794.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Stimulants.
Size comparison: coriander, allspice, sichuan pepper, green pepper, rose pepper, black pepper, and white pepper. Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2006-08-29.
Various peppers: green pepper (Piper nigrum), rose pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius), black pepper (Piper nigrum), white pepper (Piper nigrum), coriander (just because), allspice (Pimenta dioica), and sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum acanthopodium). Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2006-08-29.
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Gamla texter: Kryddor och kryddodling, 1919.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: HistVD, 1911.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Felter 1922.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
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