Allspice , also called Jamaica pepper , pepper , myrtle pepper , pimenta , pimento , English pepper or newspice , 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 .
Allspice ( also called Jamaica pepper , Kurundu , Myrtle pepper , pimento , allspice berries , or newspice ) is a spice which is the dried unripe fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant , a tree native to the West Indies , southern Mexico and Central America .