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Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J.W.Moore

Myrtaceae

SE North America (West Indies) NC South America (Venezuela) int S Eurasia, Africa, N and M Oceania (tropics)

xer calc

dr (bay-rum oil with sugar for nausea, leaves and seeds decoction treated with warm water and applied for insect bite, edema, varix and bruise, leaves and seed decoction with honey for urine incontinence, leaves bath for elephantiasis, leaves decoction compress for headache and dizziness, leaves decoction gargle for sore throat, leaves tea for diarrhea, massage for muscle cramps) dr(ob) (oil formerly used in scent and soapmaking) fd (distillation of the leaves yields «bay oil», the essential ingredient of bay-rum) fw (potential) ma (oil) pl ti

Amomis acris (Sw.) O.Berg Amomis acris var. grandifolia O.Berg Amomis acris var. obtusata O.Berg Amomis acris var. parvifolia O.Berg Amomis caryophyllata (Jacq.) Krug & Urb. Amomis caryophyllata var. grisea (Kiaersk.) Urb. Amomis caryophyllata var. racemosa Fosberg Amomis grisea (Kiaersk.) Britton Amomis oblongata O.Berg Amomis oblongata var. occidentalis O.Berg Amomis oblongata var. orientalis O.Berg Amomis pimento O.Berg Amomis pimento var. jamaicensis O.Berg Amomis pimento var. surinamensis O.Berg Amomis pimentoides (DC.) O.Berg Caryophyllus racemosus Mill. Myrcia acris (Sw.) DC. Myrcia pimentoides DC. Myrtus acris O.Berg Myrtus acris Sw. Myrtus caryophyllata Jacq. Myrtus caryophyllus Jacq. Myrtus pimenta Ortega Myrtus tabasco Schltdl. & Cham. Pimenta acris (Sw.) Kostel. Pimenta acris var. grisea Kiaersk. Pimenta acris var. pimentoides (DC.) Griseb. Pimenta acuminata Bello & Espinosa Pimenta dioica var. tabasco (Schltdl. & Cham.) Standl. Pimenta officinalis var. cumanensis O.Berg Pimenta officinalis var. tabasco (Schltdl. & Cham.) O.Berg Pimenta pimento (O.Berg) Griseb. Pimenta racemosa var. grisea (Kiaersk.) Fosberg Pimenta racemosa var. racemosa (Mill.) J.W.Moore Pimenta tabasco (Schltdl. & Cham.) Lundell Pimenta vulgaris Bello non Lindl.

bayrum pimenta; bay; bay berry-tree (Jamaica); bay boom, bay leaf; bay rum tree (Puerto Rico); bay tree, bay-berry tree, bay-pom-tree, bay-rum; bay-rum-tree, bayberry tree (Jamaica); baye tree, black cinnamon; cinnamon (Virgin Islands); cinnamon bush, ray rhum, West Indian bay-berry; wild cilliment (Virgin Islands); wild cinnamon (Jamaica, Virgin Islands); wild olive (Jamaica)

pimenta bois-d'Inde; bois bay-rhum (Haiti); bois d'Inde; bois d'Inde français, bois d'ine franc, bois d'ine français (Haiti); bois din; clou de girofle, fausse giroflée, girofle (Haiti); gyrofle; myrte à feuilles de laurier (Haiti)

ausú (Puerto Rico); ausubo, auzua, auzubo (Dominican Republic); berron (Dominican Republic); berrón; canelilla, canelillo (Dominican Republic); limoncillo (Puerto Rico); malagueta (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); malaqueta (Venezuela); ozua, ozúa (Dominican Republic); pimienta, pimienta de tabasco (Cuba)

asuru (carib); bwa beròm, bwa denn franse, bwa dinn fran, bwa dinn franse, fo jiròf (creole, Haiti); hasuru (carib); jiròf, klou jiròf (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J.W.Moore
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies) NC South America (Venezuela) int S Eurasia, Africa, N and M Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer calc
Use	dr (bay-rum oil with sugar for nausea, leaves and seeds decoction treated with warm water and applied for insect bite, edema, varix and bruise, leaves and seed decoction with honey for urine incontinence, leaves bath for elephantiasis, leaves decoction compress for headache and dizziness, leaves decoction gargle for sore throat, leaves tea for diarrhea, massage for muscle cramps) dr(ob) (oil formerly used in scent and soapmaking) fd (distillation of the leaves yields «bay oil», the essential ingredient of bay-rum) fw (potential) ma (oil) pl ti
Synonym	Amomis acris (Sw.) O.Berg Amomis acris var. grandifolia O.Berg Amomis acris var. obtusata O.Berg Amomis acris var. parvifolia O.Berg Amomis caryophyllata (Jacq.) Krug & Urb. Amomis caryophyllata var. grisea (Kiaersk.) Urb. Amomis caryophyllata var. racemosa Fosberg Amomis grisea (Kiaersk.) Britton Amomis oblongata O.Berg Amomis oblongata var. occidentalis O.Berg Amomis oblongata var. orientalis O.Berg Amomis pimento O.Berg Amomis pimento var. jamaicensis O.Berg Amomis pimento var. surinamensis O.Berg Amomis pimentoides (DC.) O.Berg Caryophyllus racemosus Mill. Myrcia acris (Sw.) DC. Myrcia pimentoides DC. Myrtus acris O.Berg Myrtus acris Sw. Myrtus caryophyllata Jacq. Myrtus caryophyllus Jacq. Myrtus pimenta Ortega Myrtus tabasco Schltdl. & Cham. Pimenta acris (Sw.) Kostel. Pimenta acris var. grisea Kiaersk. Pimenta acris var. pimentoides (DC.) Griseb. Pimenta acuminata Bello & Espinosa Pimenta dioica var. tabasco (Schltdl. & Cham.) Standl. Pimenta officinalis var. cumanensis O.Berg Pimenta officinalis var. tabasco (Schltdl. & Cham.) O.Berg Pimenta pimento (O.Berg) Griseb. Pimenta racemosa var. grisea (Kiaersk.) Fosberg Pimenta racemosa var. racemosa (Mill.) J.W.Moore Pimenta tabasco (Schltdl. & Cham.) Lundell Pimenta vulgaris Bello non Lindl.
English name	bayrum pimenta; bay; bay berry-tree (Jamaica); bay boom, bay leaf; bay rum tree (Puerto Rico); bay tree, bay-berry tree, bay-pom-tree, bay-rum; bay-rum-tree, bayberry tree (Jamaica); baye tree, black cinnamon; cinnamon (Virgin Islands); cinnamon bush, ray rhum, West Indian bay-berry; wild cilliment (Virgin Islands); wild cinnamon (Jamaica, Virgin Islands); wild olive (Jamaica)
French name	pimenta bois-d'Inde; bois bay-rhum (Haiti); bois d'Inde; bois d'Inde français, bois d'ine franc, bois d'ine français (Haiti); bois din; clou de girofle, fausse giroflée, girofle (Haiti); gyrofle; myrte à feuilles de laurier (Haiti)
Spanish name	ausú (Puerto Rico); ausubo, auzua, auzubo (Dominican Republic); berron (Dominican Republic); berrón; canelilla, canelillo (Dominican Republic); limoncillo (Puerto Rico); malagueta (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); malaqueta (Venezuela); ozua, ozúa (Dominican Republic); pimienta, pimienta de tabasco (Cuba)
Other name	asuru (carib); bwa beròm, bwa denn franse, bwa dinn fran, bwa dinn franse, fo jiròf (creole, Haiti); hasuru (carib); jiròf, klou jiròf (creole, Haiti)
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