Steinmetz:Pimenta
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Pimenta acris
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- West Indies (especially Jamaica
- Bermuda
- St. Thomas)
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Myrciae acris
- Oleum Pimentae acris = Oleum Bay = Oleum Myrciae
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- Constituent(s)
- essential oil (consisting of eugenol and a hydrocarbon)
- Action
- Bay Rum (used by perfumers) is distilled from the leaf
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[edit] Pimenta officinalis (vulgaris)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- English Names
- Pimento
- Jamaica pepper
- Jamaica Allspice tree
- Natural Habitat
- West Indies
- Jamaica
- Central- and South America
- cultivated in India and Indonesia
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Pimentae = Semen Amomi
- Oleum Pimentae = Oleum Amomi (obtained from the unripe berry)
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- Constituent(s)
- volatile oil
- phenol-eugenol
- fatty oil
- gum
- resin
- tannin
- sugar
- calcium-oxalate
- Action
- stimulant
- anodyne
- stomachic
- carminative
- aromatic. The Mexican spice called Pimienta de Tabasco is less aromatic
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