Summary
Verified:
03/14/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
- Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108.
- Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
- Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:148-151.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Common names
English
bay-rum-tree – West Indian bay – French
bois d'Inde – piment couronné – German
Bayrumbaum – Spanish
malagueta –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | Virgin Gorda | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | St. Croix | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Virgin Gorda], Virgin Islands (U.S.) [St. Croix]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
Materials | essential oils | | Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401443.
Accessed 6 October 2024.