Brazilian pepper
Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 10 m
- wide
- —
Anacardiaceae
Also called Brazilian pepper tree, Christmas berry, Christmasberry, Brazil Pepper Tree, Christmas Berry Tree
When it flowers
Flowers April to November in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Brazil to NE. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 10 mRead from Wikipedia and UF/IFAS EDIS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Wikipedia 7–10 m; UF/IFAS EDIS 10–10 m
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Apple-of-PeruFlowers December to March, when this does not
Arabian jasmineFlowers December to March, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers December to March, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers December to March, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers December to March, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers December to March, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Pimentero brasileño, Terebinto, molle negro
- German
- Brasilianischer Pfefferbaum
- Chinese
- 巴西胡椒木, 巴西乳香, 巴西青香木
- Hawaiian
- naniohilo
- Portuguese
- Aroeira, Pimenteira-do-brasil, Aroeira-vermelha
- Finnish
- brasilianroseepippuri
- Czech
- pepřovec brazilský
- Japanese
- アカツユ
- Chinese (China)
- 巴西胡椒木, 巴西乳香
- Afrikaans
- Brasiliaanse Peperboom
- French
- Faux-poivrier
- Russian
- Шинус фисташколистный, Шинус фисташколистный, или Бразильский перец
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- UF/IFAS EDIS, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Schinus terebinthifolia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.