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Piper nigrum

Plants Piper MethysticumPipewort

Pfeffer (Piper nigrum L.)
Allgemeine Synonyme
AlbanischPiper Amharischቁ-ዶ ብርብሪ Kundo berbere Arabischف"ف" فُ"'فُ", فِ"'فِ" Fulful, Filfil ArmenischՊղպեղ Bghbegh, Pghpegh ...

 


PIPER NIGRUM - Black/white pepper
PISTACHIO
Deciduous Fruit Varieties. By Jim Neitzel. 1980 YB, pp 20-40
Growing Rare Fruit in Northern California. By John M. Riley. 1973 YB, pp 67-90
News from the Hills. By David Silber. 1988 #4, pp 5-7 ...

Piper nigrum. Black Pepper. Not common.
Pistia stratiotes. Water Lettuce. Also known as shellflower. An aquatic plant often seeing growing in ponds and aquaria. Leaves are shell-shaped. Flowers are inconspicuous.

Black pepper (Piper nigrum), the true pepper, is economically the most important species of the pantropical pepper family (Piperaceae). It is native to Java, whence it was introduced into other tropical countries.

Pimentero comn - Piper nigrum
Pimentero falso - Schinus molle
Pimentero largo - Piper longum
Pimentillo - Polygonum persicaria
Pimienta acutica - Polygonum hydropiper
Pimienta blanca - Pimenta dioica
Pimienta de Jamaica - Pimenta dioica ...

Close relative of Piper methysticum (kava-kava), and Piper nigrum (black pepper), this herb is a member of the pepper family, grows as a bush in the South Pacific.

Unknown to Europeans and Asians until Columbus "discovered" it, the chile pepper soon replaced black pepper (Piper nigrum - a totally unrelated plant from India and the East Indies) as the world's most important and most used condiment.

Take stem cuttings in spring. Sow seed at 66-75 F (20-24 C) in early spring.
Piper nigrum
Black pepper, White pepper
Evergreen, woody-stemmed, perennial climber with dark green leaves to 5" (13cm) long. Minimum temperature 61F (16C).

Pepper: black, white, and green (Piper nigrum)
Pepper, Dorrigo (Tasmannia stipitata) (Australia)
Pepper, long (Piper longum)
Pepper, mountain, Cornish pepper leaf (Tasmannia lanceolata)
Peppermint (Mentha piperata) ...

See also: Pimenta, Pepper, Paprika, Mango, Orange