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Taxon:  Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J. W. Moore var. racemosa



Summary
Genus:
Pimenta
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Myrteae
Nomen number:
401443
Verified:
03/14/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J. W. Moore (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Caryophyllus racemosus Mill.

Invalid Designation(s)
Pimenta acris auct.
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Reference(s)
  1. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  2. Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108.
  3. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
  4. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:148-151.
  5. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  6. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  7. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
English
bay-rum-tree –
West Indian bay –
French
bois d'Inde –
piment couronné –
German
Bayrumbaum –
Spanish
malagueta –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAnguilla  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)Virgin Gorda 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Virgin Gorda]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoringas P. racemosaLeung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materialsessential oils Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:148-151.
Materialsessential oilsconstituent of bay rum, also used in perfumery fide F Neotrop 45:110-111. 1986Landrum, 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. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401443. Accessed 22 May 2025.