Lindera Benzoin Fruit

Wild black pepper lindera benzoin.

Lindera benzoin fruit. The entire province state is coloured regardless of where in that province state it occurs. Lindera benzoin commonly called spicebush is a missouri native deciduous shrub with a broad rounded habit which typically grows 6 12 less frequently to 15 high in moist locations in bottomlands woods ravines valleys and along streams. Scarlet red spicy scented fruit in late summer early fall august september. Call us at 1 315 4971058.

Range map for spicebush lindera benzoin please note. Fruit not yet ripe. The red fruits turn ripe in september. A coloured province or state means this species occurs somewhere in that province state.

It has a turpentine like taste and aromatic scent and contains a large seed. The ripe fruit is a red elipsoidal berrylike drupe rich in lipids about 1 cm 1 2 in long and is eaten by several bird species. For hundreds if not thousands years. Lindera benzoin wild allspice spicebush common spicebush northern spicebush or benjamin bush is a flowering plant in the family lauraceae native to eastern north america ranging from maine to ontario in the north and to kansas texas and northern florida in the south.