Allspice (ground)

Family name: Myrtaceae
Botanical name: Pimenta dioica

Culinary uses: the spice smells of cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon with a hint of peppercorn. Used in sweet and savoury dishes such as baking, sweets, biscuits, festive baking and in some drinks such as mulled wine.  Sometimes used in curry powder blends, preserves, chutneys and herring dishes.

Medicinal uses: is an antiseptic and aids flatulence.