Plant Long pepper

Spice:

Long Pepper

Botanical Name:

Piper longum

Botany:

The fruit of the pepper consists of many minuscule fruits – each about the size of a poppy seed – embedded in the surface of a flower spike that closely resembles a hazel tree catkin. Like Piper nigrum, the fruits contain the compound piperine, which contributes to their pungency. Another species of long pepper, Piper retrofractum, is native to Java, Indonesia. The fruits of this plant are often confused with chili peppers, which belong to the genus Capsicum, originally from the Americas.

Cultivation:

N/A

Wikipedia URL:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_pepper