Taxon: Schinus molle L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Schinus molle var. areira (no accessions)
• Schinus molle var. molle (no accessions)

Common names:

• California peppertree   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• peppertree   (Source: F Guat ) – English
  
• Peruvian peppertree   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• Peruvian-mastictree   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• faux poivrier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• molée des jardins   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  
• poivrier d'Amérique   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Pfefferbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• aroeira-do-Amazonas   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• aroeira-folha-de-salso   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• aroeiro-mole   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• corneiva   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• pimenteira-do-Peru   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• aguaribai   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• molle   (Source: F Patag ) – Spanish
  
• pimientero falso   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• pirul   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• rosépeppar   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fruits used after drying fide F Ecuador; F Guat)
  
• Environmental: agroforestry   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed13)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Lampe & McCann)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Schinus molle from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina
  Western South America: Bolivia - Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosi, Tarija; Ecuador - Azuay, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Imbabura, Loja, Pichincha, Tungurahua; Peru - Ancash, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Lima, Moquegua, Pasco, Tacna
  Southern South America: Argentina - Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, San Luis, Santa Fe, Tucuman; Chile [n.]; Paraguay - Caaguazu, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones; Uruguay

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Ecuador - Galapagos Islands

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Lebanon
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Italy
  Southwestern Europe: Portugal; Spain

• widely cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Correa, M. N. 1969–. Flora patagonica.
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000)
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia.
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
• Spichiger, R., ed. 1985–. Flora del Paraguay.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Schinus molle.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Schinus molle.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Schinus molle.

Synonyms:

• Schinus areira L. [≡ Schinus molle var. areira]
  
• (=) Schinus huygan Molina
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other web resources for Schinus molle L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Schinus molle cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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