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Pimenta dioica (Linn.) Merrill, known as allspice or pimento, is an important Jamaican crop and the island is the world's chief supplier. Unfortunately, improvement of the crop is hindered by a characteristic type of unfruitfulness among certain trees. The problem has long been recognized and was mentioned by P. Browne1 in 1755.
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Browne Patrick, The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica, 247 (1775).
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CHAPMAN, G., GLASGOW, S. Incipient Diœcy in Pimento. Nature 192, 1205–1206 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921205b0
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