- small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen ...

This story appears in the September 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Brazilian pepper tree, an invasive plant in the southern United States, is showing great potential in the fight ...

"They only thrive and reproduce on Brazilian pepper itself." A tiny bug from South America could help landowners in Florida and other states start winning a decades-long, multimillion-dollar war ...