VIRBOGA - Schinus molle

Infructescence; Jardí Botànic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Flower; Quelfes, Algarve, Portugal; 9/2017 © Jörn Germer

Flowers; Jardí Botànic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Inflorescence, close-up; Jardí Botànic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Inflorescence; Quelfes, Algarve, Portugal; 9/2017 © Jörn Germer

Inflorescence; Jardí Botànic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Inflorescence; Quelfes, Algarve, Portugal; 9/2017 © Jörn Germer

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Jardí Botànic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Quelfes, Algarve, Portugal; 9/2017 © Jörn Germer

Bark; Jardí Botànic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Bark; Quelfes, Algarve, Portugal; 9/2017 © Jörn Germer

Habit; Jardí Botànic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Habit; Quelfes, Algarve, Portugal; 9/2017 © Jörn Germer

Identifier: 1748
Date of entry: 14.07.2011
Last update: 08.06.2023

Common name

English: Peruvian peppertree

German: Peruanische Pfefferbaum

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

Order: Sapindales (72)

Family: Anacardiaceae (19)(family description)

Genus: Schinus (2)

Epithet: molle L. (5)

molle => soft, tender, usually meaning pubescent like velvet

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: tree

Flower colour: white

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