Plant Tasmannia lanceolata

Spice:

Tasmanian pepper

Botanical Name:

Tasmannia lanceolata

Botany:

Tasmannia lanceolata is a bushy shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 1.5–4 m (4 ft 11 in – 13 ft 1 in) and has smooth, reddish branchlets. Its leaves are lance-shaped to narrowly elliptic, 20–120 mm (0.79–4.72 in) long and 6–35 mm (0.24–1.38 in) wide on a petiole 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants, each flower with 3 to 9 linear or narrowly egg-shaped petals 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long and 1.5–3.5 mm (0.059–0.138 in) wide. Male flowers are borne on a pedicel 8–25 mm (0.31–0.98 in) long and have 15 to 28 stamens, female flowers are on a pedicel 4–12 mm (0.16–0.47 in) long with 1 or 2 carpels with 9 to 18 ovules. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is a spherical, deep maroon to glossy black berry 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long with 4 to 18 strongly curved seeds 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.138 in) long.

Cultivation:

N/A

Wikipedia URL:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmannia_lanceolata