Allspice (Pimenta dioca)
The spice or condiment, allspice, is made from the dried, unripe fruit of the allspice or pimento tree.
This is a small tree that grows to 40 ft tall, with large 4-8 in long leaves. These are leathery, evergreen, opposite, oblong, aromatic and quite attractive.
The whitish gray bark peels in thin sheets. The white flowers are about a 0.25 in across and borne in many flowered pyramidal cymes originating from the leaf axils.
The fruit is a brown berrylike drupe, about a 0.25 in long. The leaves and fruit smell like a combination of cloves, black pepper, nutmeg, and cinnamon, hence the common name.
These are shipped in pots, These are seedlings 3-6 inches and will grow quickly once planted in larger pots.