mountain pepper
Tasmannia lanceolata (Poir.) A.C.Sm.
Tasmannia lanceolata is a flowering plant species in the Winteraceae family, native to south-eastern Australia. It is commonly known as mountain pepper and is a dioecious shrub or small tree with lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic leaves. The plant has male and female flowers on separate plants, with 3 to 9 petals, and produces a deep maroon to glossy black berry as fruit.
Description
Tasmannia lanceolata, known as mountain pepper, is a species of flowering plant in the Winteraceae family. Endemic to south-eastern Australia, it is a dioecious shrub or small tree characterized by lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic leaves. The flowers are unisexual, with male and female flowers occurring on separate plants, and each flower has 3 to 9 petals. The plant produces a deep maroon to glossy black berry as fruit. It was first described in 1969 by A.C. Smith, who reclassified it from its original name given by Poir.
Other common names
mountain pepper
Synonyms
Austrodrimys lanceolataDrimys aromaticaDrimys lanceolataTasmannia aromaticaDrimys xerophylla var. aromatica