The pink pepper originates from a plant called aroeira. The fruit is an activator of blood production in the bone marrow, preventing rickets and worms, is anti-inflammatory and acts in the purification and purification of the organism. From the bark of the seeds of the pink pepper is extracted an oil, widely used in folk medicine, efficient in the treatment of fevers, tumors, diseases of the cornea and respiratory and urinary tract.

Essential oils, as they are called, are also used as essence for perfumes or in the flavoring industry in meats and sausages. Peru is the country that produces the most oil for commercialization. In addition to the gastronomic and medicinal use, Rosa's pepper is also used in beverages such as orange, lemon and mint caipirinha.

Curiosities
Due to the high content of tannin, pink pepper is used in tanneries for tanning skins and hides. In Peru, Pimenta Rosa is used after fermentation to make vinegar and alcoholic beverage. Its fruits are used in Florida for Christmas decoration, which gave it the name of Christmas-berry, something, as a result of Christmas.