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2. Black pepper - Wikipedia

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   Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit (the peppercorn), which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter (fresh and fully mature), dark red, and contains a stone which encloses a single pepper seed.

3. Piperaceae - Wikipedia

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   The Piperaceae (/ ˌpɪpəˈreɪʃiː /), also known as the pepper family, are a large family of flowering plants. The group contains roughly 3,600 currently accepted species in five genera. The vast majority of species can be found within the two main genera: Piper (2,171 species) and Peperomia (over 1,000 species). [4]

4. List of Indian spices - Wikipedia

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   Pepper, turmeric, cardamom, and cumin are some examples of Indian spices. Spices are used in different forms: whole, chopped, ground, roasted, sautéed, fried, and as a topping. They blend food to extract the nutrients and bind them in a palatable form. Some spices are added at the end as a flavouring — those are typically heated in a pan ...

5. Malabar pepper - Wikipedia

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   Registered. 2007–08. Malabar pepper is a variety of black pepper from the Malabar region of the present day of the Indian state of Kerala. It originated as a chance seedling in the region and was one of the spices traded with Roman and Arab traders, and later with European navigators. [1] The area of production of this variety of pepper spans ...

6. Scoville scale - Wikipedia

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   The Naga Morich, with around 1 million SHU, [2] is primarily grown in India and Bangladesh. The Scoville scale is a measurement of pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominant component.

7. List of culinary herbs and spices - Wikipedia

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   Coriander seed (Coriandrum sativum) Coriander, Vietnamese (Persicaria odorata) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) Culantro, culangot, long coriander, recao (Eryngium foetidum) Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) Curry leaf (Murraya koenigii) Curry plant (Helichrysum italicum) Cyperus articulatus.