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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 18 to 20 feet
Leaves: Fragrant
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other: Single seeded berries.
Fruiting Time: Year Round
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Other: White to pale yellow, turning green with age.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Year Round
Uses: Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Leaves
Fruit
Eating Methods: Culinary Herb/Spice
Cooked
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Wind

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Common names
  • Spiked Pepper

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Location: Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica | Old Photo
Date: 2022-12-23

Date: 2010-02-14
Photo courtesy of: Joao Medeiros
Location: Maui, Nahiku
Date: 4000-12-23
Photo courtesy of: Forest & Kim Starr http://www.starrenvironment
Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2017-12-06
          Fruit and young leaves are eaten by long-tailed macaque
Location: Maui, Nahiku
Photo courtesy of: Forest & Kim Starr http://www.starrenvironment
Location: Maui, Nahiku
Photo courtesy of: Forest & Kim Starr http://www.starrenvironment
Location: Maui, Nahiku
Photo courtesy of: Forest & Kim Starr http://www.starrenvironment
Location: Maui, Nahiku
Date: 4000-12-23
Photo courtesy of: Forest & Kim Starr http://www.starrenvironment
Location: Maui, Nahiku
Photo courtesy of: Forest & Kim Starr http://www.starrenvironment
Location: Atlantic Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-08
Location: Atlantic Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-08
Location: Atlantic Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-08

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