peppertree Anacardiaceae Schinus molle

Leaf:Alternate, pinnately compound, 8 to 14 inches long, drooping (often curved) foliage with numerous (19 to over 40) narrowly lance-shaped leaflets (each 1 to 3 inches long) entire or with a few widely spaced teeth, peppery fragrance, green to yellow-green above and below.
Flower:Small, flowers with white petals and yellow centers, in loose many branched hanging clusters, appearing in summer.
Fruit:Pink to red, round, berry-like, 1/8 to 1/4 inch across in hanging clusters, ripen in fall and persist through winter, peppery fragrance.
Twig:Slender, yellow-green, drooping; buds are small and pointed; leaf scars are broadly v-shaped.
Bark:Initially smooth gray-brown, later becoming irregularly furrowed with reddish brown splits and grayish coarsely scaly ridges.
Form:A small (up to 40 feet) tree with a round crown with drooping, lacy foliage.

leaf flower fruit twig bark form map

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