The Pepper bush originates in the cool temperate forests of Antarctica when it was attached to Australia and South America.

Tasmannia insipida leaves are simple, narrow, 8-20 cm long and 5-35 mm wide, glossy, narrowing to a point, arranged in clustered spirals but they sparse in areas of low light. Flowers are creamy-white in color with 2 or 3 petals, 5-10 mm long, hermaphrodite, born in terminal umbels from August – September.

The Pepper bush fruits are 10-20 mm long, solitary, mauve or purplish in color, soft with numerous little black seeds, edible but missing real taste. Fruit is ready during September to November. The many tiny black seeds taste like freshly ground black pepper. In Tasmania the seeds are traded as native pepper.

Plant propagation is by seeds and cuttings. It is slow growing plant. It can grow in semi-shade or full sun. It requires moist soil. Tasmannia insipida is a member of the family Winteraceae the genus Drimys.

Pepper bush, Tasmannia insipida

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