pepper tree

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A shrub or small tree of the cashew family, Schinus Molle, native in South America and Mexico, and cultivated for ornament and shade in southern California and other warm dry climates.
• noun A shrub or small tree of the magnolia family, Drimys (Tasmannia) aromatica, of Victoria and Tasmania.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
• noun small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs