BOTANICAL NAME: PIPER NIGRUM
ORIGIN: INDIA
PROCESS: Drying/Pulverizing to fine powder /CO2 extraction
PLANT PART: whole fruit
HARVEST SEASON:
MAJOR CONSTITUENT: PIPERINE
OVERVIEW: Black Pepper is the dried mature berry of Piper nigrum, a climbing, perennial shrub mostly found in hot, moist regions of Southern India especially Kerala.