Indian Name: Kali Mirch

Scientific Name: Piper Nigrum

Natural Compound: Piperine

The vine is native to the Malabar coast of India but is grown in nearly every tropical region.

Black Pepper is an important healthy food owing to its antioxidant, antimicrobial potential and gastro-protective modules. It offers a range of health benefits in addition to its flavor-enhancing properties.

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, known as a peppercorn, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. When fresh and fully mature, the fruit is about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter and dark red, and contains a single seed, like all drupes. Peppercorns and the ground pepper derived from them may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green pepper (dried unripe fruit), or white pepper (ripe fruit seeds)

Black Pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit; known as a peppercorn. It is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. When fresh and fully mature, the fruit is about 5 mm in diameter and dark red and contains a single seed, like all drupes.

Peppercorns and the ground pepper derived from them may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green pepper(dried unripe fruit), or white pepper (ripe fruit seeds). Peppercorns are the berries of a climbing vine that grows over 50 feet tall in the lush tropical jungle, twining itself around trees for support. Their odour is penetrating and aromatic; the taste is hot, biting and very pungent.