[CH] Brazilian Pepper Tree
Rosemary Basil (rosemarybasil@yahoo.com)
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:07:54 -0800 (PST)
There is a discussion going on at one of my clubs about
a kind of "Brazilian pepper tree" being circulated
someplace on the web as pepper seed and I wonder if
anyone on this list knows more about it. It doesn't
sound like a fun kind of "pepper" plant. Info
appreciated.
Rose
Someone wrote:
"I'm concerned. In south Fl. we have a weed bush-tree
that everyone in the state is trying to eradicate. It
is called the Brazilian Pepper Bush. It grows like
wildfire, has clusters of red berries the size of
pepper corns, (eaten by birds & spread by them). For
many people, it is poison to the touch (like poison
ivy). I have never heard anyone say that the berries
can be used for pepper corns, or if they are poison if
swallowed.
..........If you are going to plant Br. Pepper, I just
checked my copy of FL Landscape Plants. ( based on a
book printed in 1901, latest ed. 1975}. Really up to
date huh? They list the ht. at 25 ft. which it attains
almost as fast as kudzu (my hyperb.) It is a relative
of Sumac, and gives off an odor like turpentine. I am
also blessed with no reaction to touching the plant (so
far).
The only way of getting rid of the plant (according to
a local nursery) is to scrape a girdle to the cambium
and coat it with super concentrate Roundup. "
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