Pepper was originally produced in tropical areas such as Southeast Asia and South Asia.

Woody climbing vine; stems and branches are hairless, nodes are significantly enlarged, and small roots often grow. Leaves are thick, nearly leathery, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, rarely nearly round, 10-15 cm long, 5-9 cm wide, short pointed apex, rounded base, often slightly skewed, hairless on both sides. There are 5-7 leaf veins, rare 9, the upper pair is alternate, 1.5-3.5 cm away from the base and originates from the midrib, the rest all emerge from the base, the outermost pair is extremely weak, with obvious reticular veins.

The flowers are heterogeneous, usually monoecious; the inflorescence is opposite to the leaves, shorter than the leaves or as long as the leaves; the total pedicel is nearly as long as the petiole, glabrous; the bracts are spatulate, oblong, 3-3.5 cm long, about 0.8 mm wide in the middle, broad and rounded at the top, separated from the inflorescence axis, shallow cup-shaped, conjoined with the inflorescence axis at the narrow part, only separated at the edge.

Pepper varieties

1. White pepper

This is one of the seasonings we use daily. It is the dry and nearly mature fruit of the piperaceae plant pepper. , has a fragrant smell and is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. Its surface is yellow-white or light yellow-white, smooth, with many light-colored linear stripes between the top and base. Its medicinal value is slightly higher than that of black pepper.

2. Black pepper

This is also one of the seasonings often used in our diet. It is a flowering vine of the Piperaceae family and is native to Malabar, India. Along the coast, it is cultivated in Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Hainan and other places in China. The fruity taste is relatively spicy.

3. Green pepper

Green pepper has low spiciness and is used in butter and dairy products and duck dishes. It is mainly produced in Thailand, Brazil, Malaysia, Ceylon, Singapore and other places.

4. Red pepper

Red pepper is the fruit of the Brazilian pepper tree. It originates from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. It was later introduced to many places and is mainly used as decoration or cover. Shade plants.