Schinus molle

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Schinus molle in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Schinus molle, Linn. Peruvian Mastic-tree. Californian Pepper-tree. Figs. 3567, 3568. Evergreen tree, 20 ft. and more, with rounded outline and graceful, pendulous branchlets when not trimmed: lvs. 9 in. or more long, glabrous, of many alternate, linear-lanceolate lfts. 1 1/2- 2 in. long: fls. in conical panicles, yellowish white: ripe frs. the size of peppercorns (whence the popular, but misleading, Californian name), of a beautiful rose- color. Peru. G.F. 8:505. R.H. 1889, p. 225. G.C. III. 17:588,589. Gn. 25, p. 418. B.M. 3339.—In S. and Cent. Calif, more extensively cult. than any other ornamental tree except, perhaps, the blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus), and thriving best in the warm interior valleys, though hardy on the coast at San Francisco. Valued as a lawn and avenue tree; often planted as a street tree, for which, however, it is unsuited, being too spreading and branching too low. Molle was a generic name used by Tournefort, and placed in apposition with Schinus by Linnaeus (explained above). ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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