Pimenta — 3 species
Botanical species in the genus Pimenta recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Pimenta dioica
Pimenta dioica
Family: Myrtaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the moist to wet lowland tropics, growing best at elevations below 330 metres but able to be grown up to 1,500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 15 - 32°c, but can tolerate 10 - 35°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,500 - 2,500mm, but tolerates 1,000 - 3,500mm.
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Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus
Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus
Family: Myrtaceae
Cultivation
Grows best in a sunny position. Often found wild in poor, sandy, well-drained soils. Established plants are drought tolerant.
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Pimenta racemosa
Pimenta racemosa
Family: Myrtaceae
Cultivation
A plant of lowland tropical areas, where it is found at elevations up to 750 metres. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperate is within the range 22 - 28°c, but can tolerate 18 - 32°c. It can tolerate occasional very light frosts, the leaves being damaged at temperatures of -1°c, and limbs being killed at -3°c.
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