Common Name:
Mountain Pepper, Alpine Pepper

Family name:
Winteraceae

Botanical name:
Tasmannia lanceolata (syn. Drimys lanceolata)

Flowering/fruiting season:
Flowers summer

Location:
Montane; uncommon (Flood, 1980:95)

Use:

• Food
• Berries edible (Flood, 1980:95)

Notes:
Red fruits; ' All parts of the plant have a spicy flavour.' (Cribb & Cribb, 1987:66)

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Horticulture :

• Generally easy cultivation; prefer well-composted soil and half to full shade.
• Propagated from cuttings (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:472)

Similar species:

• Alpine Pepper D. xerophilia
• Sub-alpine, alpine - common in Snow Gum woodland (Flood, 1980:95)

Use code:
ROOT