Taxon:  Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J. W. Moore var. racemosa



Summary
Genus:
Pimenta
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Myrteae
Nomen number:
401443
Verified:
03/14/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J. W. Moore (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Caryophyllus racemosus Mill.

Invalid Designation(s)
Pimenta acris auct.
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  2. Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
  3. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
  4. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:148-151.
  5. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  6. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  7. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbay-rum-tree  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishWest Indian bay  1Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Frenchbois d'Inde  2Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:148-151.
Frenchpiment couronné  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBayrumbaum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmalagueta  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAnguilla  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)Virgin Gorda Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Virgin Gorda]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoringas Pimenta racemosaLeung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materialsessential oils Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:148-151.
Materialsessential oilsconstituent of bay rum, also used in perfumeryLandrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45:108-111.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401443. Accessed 15 April 2026.