What is the common name for Tasmannia lanceolata?
Tasmannia lanceolata (syn. Drimys lanceolata), common name the mountain pepper. An evergreen shrub native to woodlands and cool temperate rainforest of south-eastern Australia . From Tasmania , South Eastern Victoria & NSW up too Barrington Tops. Pepperberry, also known as mountain pepper, actually comes in several forms. Most typically known as the Tasmanian Pepperberry (Tasmannia lanceolata), at Ziggy’s we typically use the northern pepperbush, the Dorrigo Pepperberry (Tasmannia stipitata) – as it only grows a stone’s throw away from us!
Is the Tasmannia lanceolata male or female?
Tasmanian Mountain Pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata) is a small tree native to Tasmania and mountainous parts of southeastern Australia. There are both male and female plants and so only the females produce the distinctively spicy hot pepperberries. Naturally found in the temperate rainforests of Tasmania, the berries are spicy and flavourful and can be used fresh or dried. Not just grown for the berries, the leaves are edible too, and have been used by First Nations people for thousands of years.