Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi
A dioecious, evergreen shrub or small tree 3 to 7 m tall, with non-pendulous branches. Bark irregularly furrowed with reddish-brown splits and grayish ridges. The short trunk is usually hidden by dense intertwining branches. Leaves 8 to 17 cm long, imparipinnate, with a narrowly winged rachis; with 3 to 13 pairs of oblong-ovate leaflets which are entire or finely toothed, each 2.5 to 5 cm long. Leaves smell of turpentine when crushed. Flowers with 5 white petals, 4 to 5 mm across, in showy branched panicles 2 to 11 cm long. The fruit are drupes; globular, 5 to 6 mm across; in clusters, at first green becoming bright red around December and January.
Local: Introduced as an ornamental, it is not common in Gibraltar. Trees may be seen planted arouond town, and in gardens in the South District.
Global: It is a native of South America. Used as an ornamental globally.
Flowers from September to October.