Question: is whole allspice the same as allspice berries

Answer: Yes, Allspice, also called pimenta, Jamaica pimenta, or myrtle pepper, is the dried unripe fruit (berries, used as a spice) of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world. The name ``allspice'' was coined as early as 1621 by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.