Tasmannia insipida, the brush pepperbush, is a shrub native to Australia that can grow 1 to 3 metres high (sometimes taller) with reddish stems.
The leaves are lance-shaped from 80 to 200 mm long with a peppery flavour when crushed. The small white flowers occur in umbels from the leaf axils in spring through to summer. Separate male and female flowers are borne on the one plant - male flowers are distinguished by a number of stamens extending from the base of the flower. The flowers are followed by oval-shaped, red berries about 15–20 mm long which darken to deep purple when ripe. In contrast with T. lanceolata and T. stipitata, the seeds of T. insipida are not used commercially for culinary purposes but retain the peppery flavour and are edible.[1][2]
Tasmannia insipida can be found in the cool wet forests or coasts of eastern Australia, from the southern coast of New South Wales to northern Queensland[3]
Tasmannia insipida, the brush pepperbush, is a shrub native to Australia that can grow 1 to 3 metres high (sometimes taller) with reddish stems.
Tasmannia insipida, es una especie de arbusto perteneciente a la familia Winteraceae nativa de Australia.[1]
Es un arbusto que alcanza un tamaño de 1-3 m de altura. Las hojas son lanceoladas, agudas, de 8-20 cm de largo, y de 15-35 mm de ancho, rara vez llega a 50 mm, la base truncada y por lo general son auriculadas, glabras, de color verde y brillante en ambas superficies, con pecíolo de 2-4 mm de largo. Los pétalos de 5-10 mm de largo, de color blanco. Carpelos sésiles, solitarios, con 15-40 óvulos. El fruto es una baya ± ovoide, de 12-20 mm de largo, generalmente de color morado, a veces blanco con manchas rojas.
Se distribuye por la costa y zonas adyacentes, por lo general en o cerca de la selva, al norte del distrito de Moruya, en Queensland.[2]
Tasmannia insipida fue descrita por R.Br. ex DC. y publicado en Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale 1: 445, en el año 1817.[3]
Tasmannia insipida, es una especie de arbusto perteneciente a la familia Winteraceae nativa de Australia.
