Black pepper

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Black pepper
Piper nigrum - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-107.jpg
Pepper plant with immature peppercorns
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper
Species:
P. nigrum
Binomial name
Piper nigrum

Piper nigrum is perhaps the world's most famous spice. Its ripened/oxidized and dried fruits are known as black pepper, but several other products are also produced from this plant:

  • Black peppercorn: oxidized and dried, as mentioned
  • Green peppercorn: sticky dried fresh fruits, not oxidized
  • White peppercorn: dried fruits with the dark outer covering (botanical name?) removed
  • Fresh, wet peppercorns: used as a spice in Thai cuisine

References

  1. "Piper nigrum information from NPGS/GRIN". www.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2 March 2008.

Acknowledgements

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