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Piper nigrum

Botanic Family

Piperaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Black Pepper
• Common Pepper
• Pepper Plant
• White Pepper
• Madagascar Pepper
• Hu jiao (Pinyin)
• Poivrier (French)
• Mak Phik Noi (Laos)
• Phik Thay (Laos
• Thai)
• Pimienta
• Bumawng-ru (Myanmar)
• Nga-yok-kaung (Myanmar)
• Sayo-me (Myanmar)
• U-pinlong (Myanmar)
• Lada Hitan (Singapore)

Geographical Habitats

• Karnataka
• Kerala - India
• Sri Lanka
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Yunnan-China
• Malaysia
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jun-Oct (China)
• Summer

Fruiting Times

Evergreen woody perennial dioecious or monoecious glabrous climber. Leaves 150mm x 90mm. Spikes to 150mm x 3mm with a bract, 3.5mm white or red flowers. Fruit a dark red drupe to 4mm diameter drying black

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Gouldstone 1983
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• RHS A-Z
• net
• Llamas 2003
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• JAA
• GBS
• SAFIO