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THE PEPPY PEPPER

Variously known as mountain pepper, pepperberry and Tasmanian pepper, Tasmannia lanceolata is a temperate rainforest tree — more exactly, a large shrub — native to south-eastern Australia.

Its spicy, aromatic leaves and berries can be used to flavour foods and for centuries were used by Aboriginal people as a traditional medicine.

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