What Is Allspice Also Known As?

What Is Allspice Also Known As? Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world. Is allspice in the pepper family? Allspice Family: