- Tasmannia stipitata
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Dorrigo Pepper Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Magnoliids Order: Canellales Family: Winteraceae Genus: Tasmannia Species: T. stipitata Binomial name Tasmannia stipitata
(Vick.) A.C. SmithTasmannia stipitata, Dorrigo Pepper or Northern Pepperbush is a rainforest shrub of temperate forests of the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Leaves are fragrant, narrow-lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, 8-13 cm long. Dark bluish to mauve berries follow the flowers on female shrubs. The species is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Culinary use
The culinary quality of T. stipitata was recognized in the mid-1980s by horticulturist, Peter Hardwick, who gave it the name 'Dorrigo pepper', and Jean-Paul Bruneteau, then chef at Rowntrees Restaurant, Sydney. It is mainly wild harvested from the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. Dorrigo pepper has a woody peppery note in the leaves and fruit/seed. The hot peppery flavor is derived from polygodial[1], an essential oil component, common to most species in the family.
References
- ^ Beattie, G.A.C., Spray Oils Beyond 2000, University of Western Queensland, ISBN 1863419020
- Bruneteau, Jean-Paul, Tukka - Real Australian Food, ISBN 0-207-18966-8
- Harden, G.J., Flora of New South Wales, Volume 1, ISBN 0-86840-164-1
Categories:- Bushfood
- Flora of New South Wales
- Magnoliids of Australia
- Winteraceae
- Magnoliid stubs
- Australian plant stubs
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