Medicinal · Spice · Vine
Black Pepper
Piper nigrum L.
Southern India and Sri Lanka
Fun factBlack, white and green peppercorns are all the fruit of this one vine, harvested at different stages and processed differently.
A woody climbing vine of the wet tropics whose small round fruits are the source of one of the world's most widely used spices. The glossy, egg-shaped leaves alternate along stems that need a trellis or a living tree to climb. Black, white and green peppercorns all come from the same plant and differ only in when the fruit is picked and how it is processed.
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FamilyPiperaceae
Spanish namePimienta Negra
Also known asPepper plant, White pepper, Common pepper, Pimienta negra
Native toSouthern India (the Western Ghats of Kerala) and Sri Lanka
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Palm Jungle | — | 5 July 2019 | Planted | — | 10 vines planted. 3 survived. Likes well drained soil. |
| — | Palm Jungle | — | 5 July 2019 | Planted | — | 10 vines planted. 3 survived. Likes well drained soil. |
| — | Palm Jungle | — | 5 July 2019 | Planted | — | 10 vines planted. 3 survived. Likes well drained soil. |
3 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.