Wild One Cyprus

Wild One Cyprus

foraging food

pink peppercorn tree

Ψευδοπιπεριά

peru biber ağacı

Scientific Name: Schinus molle

other names: Peruvian pepper, American pepper, false pepper, rosé pepper, California pepper tree, Αρτιμαθκιά

AVAILABLE: SEP-DEC

EDIBLE PARTS:

Description

  • an evergreen tree that grows up to 15m
  • the bark, leaves and berries have a peppery aroma when crushed
  • usually odd-pinnate leaflets in rows, one at tip or sometimes even-pinnate leaflets in rows, two at tip leaves
  • small white flowers
  • 5–7mm diameter spherical fruit in dense clusters turn from green to pink or purple

preparation

  1. collect the ‘peppercorns’ when they have turned from green to pink, red or purple
  2. a slightly milder flavour than black pepper
  3. use as a flavouring in food, alcoholic drinks and pickles

extra info

The tree is native to arid zone of northern South America and Peru’s Andean deserts.

In Cyprus it’s planted by municipalities along roadsides and in public parks.

As an ornamental evergreen, fast-growing tree it is suited to the Cyprus climate being resistant to drought, high temperatures and frost.

Also available in

December

recipes

forage food by:

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
post
page

leaf

stem

flower

root

fruit

fungi

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Olive Oil & Lemon

Not Coffee

Thistles

Leaf Morphology

Index

of Plants & Fungi

references

toxic