Black pepper is black pepper, a flowering vine of Piperaceae, also known as black pepper, which is native to the coast of Malabar, India. Its spicy fruit is one of the earliest spices used by people.

Black pepper is native to South India and is widely cultivated in the local and other tropical areas. The fruit of black pepper will be dark red when it matures, containing a seed; When the fruit is dried, it will become a prickly ash drupe with a diameter of 5 mm.

Black pepper is an important trade commodity between India and Europe, and it is also a medium of exchange. In ancient Greece and Rome, black pepper was also collected as tribute. In the Middle Ages, Venetians and Genoese monopolized the black pepper trade, prompting people to find a route to the Far East.

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Black pepper has broad-spectrum antibacterial effect, and the extracts of pepper fruit and pepper leaves have strong antibacterial effect on some plant pathogens and common microorganisms in food. The inhibitory rate of acetone extract from pepper leaves on the mycelium growth of Dioscorea zingiberensis was 83.64%. Pepper extract has inhibitory effects on Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, yeast and Aspergillus Niger.

Black pepper is a very important raw material in western food, especially in the processing of western meat products. A series of black pepper products such as "double-armed black spicy beef", "old-skinned black spicy duck", "black spicy duck breast meat conditioner" and "black pepper steak" have been created, among which "black pepper steak" is one of the most familiar and popular products in western food.

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