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Pseudowintera colorata
Also called Red Horopito, Pepper Tree
Mountain horopito is a New Zealand evergreen shrub or small tree, usually 1 to 2.5 m tall, grown for its red-blotched leaves and peppery taste. It is best in part shade with moist, well-drained soil and some shelter from frost.
Pseudowintera colorata, also known as mountain horopito or pepperwood, is a species of woody evergreen flowering trees and shrubs, part of family Winteraceae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. All Winteraceae are magnoliids, associated with the humid Antarctic flora of the Southern Hemisphere.
Pseudowintera colorata is grown as a spice, as an ornamental, and as a traditional medicinal plant.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pseudowintera colorata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
