Common Name
Broad-leaf Pepper Tree
Alternate name
Brazilian Pepper Tree, Christmas Berry Tree
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
General ecology
Not otherwise specified, flat, gentle slopes, undulating terrain.
Community type
Forest, Woodland (unspecified), open forest, open woodland
Reproduction
Spread mainly by birds and water.
Description
Tree to 10m, short trunk, many branches. Stems pinkbrown, hairy, with lenticels (small corky spots). Leaves compound, with a small ‘wing’ along leaf stalk. Leaflets to 8cm long, mid to yellow-green, sometimes red-tinged, pepper aroma when crushed. Flowers small, 5 petals, cream to white in clusters at ends of branches. Fruit many, round, green berries, ripening to orange/red, about 0.5cm across.
