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Tasmannia lanceolata (syn. Drimys lanceolata), commonly known as the mountain pepper (Aus), or Cornish pepper leaf (UK), is a shrub native to woodlands and cool temperate rainforest of south-eastern Australia. The shrub varies from 2 to 10 m high. The aromatic leaves are lanceolate to narrow-elliptic or oblanceolate, 4–12 cm long, and 0.7–2.0 cm wide, with a distinctly pale undersurface. Stems are quite red in colour. The small cream or white flowers appear in summer and are followed by black, globose, two-lobed berries 5–8 mm wide, which appear in autumn.[1][2][3] There are separate male and female plants.[4]
Originally described by French botanist Jean Louis Marie Poiret, it gained its current name in 1969 by A.C. Smith. It had been known for many years as Drimys lanceolata.
Also known as Tasmanian pepperberry, it is found from Tasmania, northwards through Victoria to Barrington Tops in New South Wales. It is found in gullies in rainforest.[5]
Polygodial has been identified as the primary active compound in Tasmannia lanceolata, and is also responsible for its peppery taste.
The leaf and berry are used as a antioxidant activity.[7] Low safrole clonal selections are grown in plantations for commercial use, as safrole is considered a low-risk toxin.[8]
Used in colonial medicine as a substitute for Winter's bark,[6] a stomachic, it was also used for treating scurvy.[9] Mountain pepper is one of a number of native Australian herbs and food species being supported by the Australian Native Food Industry Ltd, which brings together producers of food species from all parts of Australia.[10] The pepperberry can be used as a fish poison.[4]
It can be grown as a garden plant, and its berries attract birds.[11] Currawongs are among those which feed on them.[4] It can be propagated from cuttings or seed, and can grow in a well-drained acidic soil with some shade, but is sensitive to Phytophthora cinnamomi.[4]
Garden cultivars include 'Mt. Wellington', a compact plant with coppery new growth,[12] and 'Suzette', a variegated cultivar.[13]
United Kingdom, New Zealand, New South Wales, Canada, Queensland
Hobart, Australia, States and territories of Australia, Launceston, Tasmania, Bass Strait
Australian Capital Territory, Sydney, Australia, States and territories of Australia, Queensland
Kingdom (biology), Phylum, Aristotle, Order (biology), Taxon, John Ray
Iran, Norfolk, Kashmir, Dye, Cambridgeshire
Fruits, Saffron, Salt, Indigenous Australians, Backhousia citriodora
Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Mexico, Africa
Sichuan pepper, Saffron, Salt, Zanthoxylum, Coriander
Saffron, Salt, Aframomum melegueta, Black cardamom, Zingiberaceae