Description
The fruit of Pepper is harvested white or green when unripe. They hang in long thin bunches. The unripe fruit is used fresh in cooking when it is white or green, or cooked and then dried to become the source of black pepper.
Pepper – Piper nigra
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The fruit of Pepper is harvested white or green …
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SKU: 0537P
Category: Plants
Tags: Black Pepper, Piper nigra, Piperaceae
Plant family: Piperaceae
Plant origin: South India
Fruit description: The fruit of Pepper is harvested white or green when unripe. They hang in long thin bunches. The unripe fruit is used fresh in cooking when it is white or green, or cooked and then dried to become the source of black pepper.
Flowers:
Growing conditions: Pepper is an evergreen vine with big glossy heart shaped leaves. It prefers shade, in a warm frost free climate.
Uses: Use it fresh in cooking, or dried to make pepper.
Medicinal uses: Pepper is an antioxidant, used in Ayurvedic medicine, and used in throat ailments.
Pollination requirements: Self-Pollinating.
Harvest time Autumn.
Plant relatives
Special features: Pepper is the most widely used spice in the world.
Grown by method: Cutting Grown Pot size: 100mm
Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows to 2 metres long if Planted in a Pot. Grows 3 metres long Planted in the Ground.
Shipping plant pot or planter bag size: 100mm