Black Pepper, Piper Nigrum

We are offering Black Pepper or Piper Nigrum.
Common name: black pepper
botanical name: piper nigrum
family: piperaceae
origin: india or indo-malayan region
variety: sarawak
growth habit: weak climbing or trailing vine up to 30'.
Season: year round, but heaviest in warm months
damage temp: 28-30 f
black pepper has been one of the most important spices since ancient times. They are best grown in a pot or raised bed in acid soil such as canadian peat. The plants prefer a hot, humid climate and some shade. Black pepper is the dried unripe fruit of small one-seeded berrylike drupes about 50 to a catkin. They are usually picked when the first 'berry' begins to turn red. Before drying they may be used fresh green. When dried they become the black wrinkled peppercorns