Anacardiaceae
Peruvian peppertree
Schinus molle
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Schinus
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Common names
By language (31)
- Afrikaans
- Peperboom
- Amharic
- ትሩማንትሪ
- Arabic
- فلفل بيروي, فلفل باكي, فلفل تربنتين, فلفل رفيع, فلفل رفيع الأوراق, فلفل زهري, فلفل كاذب, فلفل مستحي
- arz
- فلفل بيروفى
- Aymara
- Mulli
- Azerbaijani
- Yumşaq şinus
- Bulgarian
- Мек шинус
- Catalan
- Fals pebrer, Pebre fals, Pebrer bord, Pebrer fals
- Chinese
- 肖乳香, 胡椒树
- Croatian
- Crveni papar
- Czech
- Pepř růžový
- Dutch
- False peper, Peruviaanse peperboom
- English
- Peruvian peppertree, American pepper, California pepper tree, False pepper, Pepper tree, Peppercorn tree, Pepperina, Peruvian mastica
- Filipino
- Puno ng paminta
- Finnish
- Perunroseepippuri, Perunpippuripuu, Roseepippuri, Rosepippuri, Rosépippuri, Ruusupippuri
- French
- Faux-poivrier odorant, Faux poivrier odorant
- German
- Peruanischer Pfefferbaum, Molle-Baum, Mollebaum
- Haitian Creole
- Moye
- Hebrew
- פלפלון בכות
- Hungarian
- Perui borsfa
- Italian
- Albero del pepe, Falso pepe, Pepe rosa
- Japanese
- コショウボク
- Korean
- 페퍼나무
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Peppertre
- Persian
- فلفل پروئی
- Portuguese
- Aroeira-brava
- Quechua
- Mulli, Kullas, Kullash, Molle
- Russian
- Шинус мягкий, Перец перуанский, Перуанский перец
- Spanish
- Molle, Pimentero, Arbol de la pimienta, Arbol de la pimienta falsa del Peru, Arbol de pimienta, Arbol de pimiento, Arbol del Peru, Falso pimentero
- Swedish
- Rosépeppar, Peruanskt pepparträd
- Tamil
- மிளகு மரம்
Synonyms
- Schinus molle var. huyngan (Molina) March.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 254 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: nasua, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parsons, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marisa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lalys, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Charles Gadbois, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Principe Mendoza Babilon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jonathan Chancasana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vasily Reinkymov, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: O Tupinólogo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés Pereira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: O Tupinólogo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Csaba Béla Eötvös, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.