The origin of pepper is China.

Pepper is distributed in the north from the south of the northeast, south to the northern slopes of the Five Ridges, southeast to Jiangsu, Zhejiang coastal belt, southwest to southeastern Tibet; Taiwan, Hainan and Guangdong does not produce. Seen in the plains to the higher elevation of the mountains, in Qinghai, seen at an altitude of 2500 meters on the slopes, there are also planted.

It is suitable for warm and humid and deep fertile loamy soil, sandy loam, strong sprouting, cold, drought, sunshine, disease resistance, long life cryptomeria, so resistant to strong pruning. Do not tolerate flooding, short-term waterlogging can lead to death.

The wood is typical yellowish, exposed to the air in the color slightly dark yellow, heart sapwood difference is not obvious, dense xylem structure, uniform, longitudinal section of the silky luster, large wood has art craft value. Orphaned plants can also be used as protective hedges. Its rind can be used as a seasoning, and can be extracted from the aromatic oil, and can be used as medicine, the seeds can be eaten, can also be processed to make soap.

Expanded Information:

Origin of Pepper:

According to legend, during the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the small town of Linjiang, which is located along the Bailongjiang River and borders on the land of Wudu and Wenxian County, was inhabited by a pair of industrious young couple. The young couple, Pepper and Flower Show. One year, Shennong to Linjiang to visit the people's life, happened to eat at their home, only to feel the home-cooked food in a special aroma of mellow hemp odor.

A closer look, only to learn that there is a kind of spice from the "treasure tree" on the back of the sun dried and ground into a fine powder made of spices. Afterwards, Shennong personally went up the mountain to find the young couple in the mouth of the "Treasure Tree", did some careful observation, summed up the "leaf green, flower yellow, fruit red, film white, seed black, endowed with the essence of the five elements" characteristics, and respectively, to take the flower show and pepper the name of the first word, for the tree name!

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Pepper