Description

Dried Green Pepper
Green pepper, (Piper nigrum), also called pepper, perennial climbing vine of the family Piperaceae and the hotly pungent spice made from its fruits. Black pepper is native to the Malabar Coast of India and is one of the earliest spices known. Widely used as a spice around the world, green pepper also has a limited usage in medicine as a carminative (to relieve flatulence) and as a stimulant of gastric secretions and also using for tasty pickles and receipes.