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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.
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Piper ribesioides, also known as Lao chili wood, mai sakhaan (Lao: ສະຄ້ານ, Lao pronunciation: [sā.kʰâːn]), sankhaan, sankharn, sankahn or sakahn is a species of black pepper plant. [1] The woody vine or stem of the plant has a hot, peppery and chili flavour, with a lingering aftertaste and slightly numbing sensation to the tongue.
The Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University has developed a number of unusual chile cultivars. [27] NuMex Twilight peppers pictured. Peter Pepper: Ornamental United States and Mexico 5,000–30,000 SHU: 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in) Rare, heirloom-type hot pepper cultivated for its unique shape. Peperoncino: Cayenne Italy 15,000 ...
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Zanthoxylum piperitum, also known as Japanese pepper or Japanese prickly-ash, is a deciduous aromatic spiny shrub or small tree of the citrus and rue family Rutaceae, native to Japan and Korea. It is called sanshō ( 山椒 ) in Japan and chopi ( 초피 ) in Korea.
The amount of piperine varies from 1–2% in long pepper, to 5–10% in commercial white and black peppers. [6] [7] Piperine can also be prepared by treating the solvent-free residue from a concentrated alcoholic extract of black pepper with a solution of potassium hydroxide to remove resin (said to contain chavicine, an isomer of piperine). [7]
Piper borbonense is a species of plant in the genus Piper.A close relative of black pepper, its berries are used as a spice known as voatsiperifery, which comes from voa, the Malagasy word for fruit, and tsiperifery, the local name of the plant.