pimento, Jamaica pepper, clove pepper.
Indigenous to West Indies and South America, cultivated in Jamaica and Central America.
The fruit.
Acts on the gastro-intestinal tract and is usually added to drinks, tonics and purgatives for flavouring. The spice may also be used for flatulent indigestion, dyspepsia and hysteria. Allspice is frequantly used as an everyday spice and condiment in food or drinks.
Essential oil, distilled water, powedered fruit, fluid extract.