Piper nigrum

black pepper • Assamese: জালুক jalook • Bengali: কালা মরিচ kala marich • Gujarati: કાળા મરી kala mari • Hindi: काली मिर्च kali mirch, ऊषण ushan • Kannada: ಕರಿ ಮೆಣಸು kari menasu • Kashmiri: मरिचम् maricham • Konkani: मीरे miire, पोख्ळें मीरीं pokhlem mirim • Malayalam: കുരുകുളക് kurukulak, നല്ലമുളക് nallamulak • Marathi: मरीच marich, काळी मिरची kali mirachi, मिरवेल miravel • Mizo: thinghmarcha • Nepalese: मरिच marich • Oriya: dolo maricho • Pali: पिप्फळी piphali • Punjabi: ਕਾਲੀ ਮਿਰਿਚ kali mirich • Sanskrit: कृष्ण krsna, मरिचं maricham, उल्लाघः ullaghah, उषणम् usanam • Tamil: மரிசம் maricam, மிளகு milaku • Telugu: మరిచము marichamu, మిరెము miriyamu • Urdu: سياه مرچ siyah mirch, اوشن ushan;

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19/11/10/YRP/3 – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 1 image.

Piper nigrum
Date & Time        19/11/10
Location: Place, Altitude, GPS        Chethalayam, Wayanad.
Habitat: Garden, Urban, Wild Type:        garden
Plant Habit: Tree, Shrub, Climber, Herb        climber
Height, Length.        2’

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Piper nigrum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 28 (1753). Type: Lectotype – Herb. Hermann 3: 21; 4: 11, No. 26 (BM)

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Piperaceae for id 180910MK1 – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 4 images.

Date/Time-	12-09-2010 / 03:00 PM
Location- Place, Altitude, GP	ca.420asl; Natham; Dindigul dist; TN
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-	wild; riparian
Plant Habit-	twiner herb
Height/Length-	3 -4 metre
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-	ca.8 X 12cm; glabrous
Inflorescence Type/ Size-	axillary spike; to 10cm long

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This looks like Piper nigrum to me. It is black pepper. In particular, I think the old Balan Kotta variety. From the shape of the leaves and the length of the spikes lit looks like Balankotta variety of black pepper just flowering. The tiny specks are the flowers which are pollinated by raindrops. Since it is growing in the wild, it could also be one of the wild varieties which bear very few corns. We can not be sure until the pollination is complete. it could be a seed dispersed by the bird. Birds like the red whiskered bulbuls swallow a lot of ripe berries.

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Piper nigrum

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Attaching pic of inflorescence.

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Nice picture …, one of the hi breeds.

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black pepper seedlings – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 2 images.

attaching pictures of black pepper seedlings. Sprouted from black pepper droppings. The second picture is of a seedling freshly sprouted you could still notice the tips of the leaves that comes out of the seed casing last of all.
Date & Time        13 July 2010
Location: Place, Altitude, GPS        Chethalayam, Wayanad, Kerala
Habitat: Garden, Urban, Wild Type:        cultivated
Plant Habit: Tree, Shrub, Climber, Herb        climber
Height, Length.        20’
Other Information like Frangrance, Pollinator, Uses.        Pollinated by water drops during rain.

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first time I am seeing the seedlings of black pepper. I thought it is grown only from cuttings. Now the picture size is very small. You
can resize it with microsoft office picture manager.

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It is normally grown by cutting. For the simple reason that it grows much faster. However, my observtion is that the plants that have from
sprouted peppercorn normally grow slowly till it has attained a height of around 3 ft and thereafter the growth is much robust. Either
because it has passed through the gut of some bird where it is innoculated with beneficial microorganism or for any other reason.

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Thanks …for the info. Last time I went to Kerala, I planted lots of cuttings near the coconut trees and mango trees. Hope by now all have established well.

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3 pictures for you – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 3 images
Piper nigrum grown on Gliricidia sepium. Note the luxurious growth.

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Piper nigrum … is commonly known as: black pepper • Assamese: জালুক jalook • Bengali: কালা মরিচ kala marich • Gujarati: કાળા મરી kala mari • Hindi: काली मिर्च kali mirch, ऊषण ushan • Kannada: ಕರಿ ಮೆಣಸು kari menasu • Kashmiri: मरिचम् maricham • Konkani: मीरे miire, पोख्ळें मीरीं pokhlem mirim • Malayalam: കുരുകുളക് kurukulak, നല്ലമുളക് nallamulak • Marathi: मरीच marich, काळी मिरची kali mirachi, मिरवेल miravel • Mizo: thinghmarcha • Nepalese: मरिच marich • Oriya: dolo maricho • Pali: पिप्फळी piphali • Punjabi: ਕਾਲੀ ਮਿਰਿਚ kali mirich • Sanskrit: कृष्ण krsna, मरिचं maricham, उल्लाघः ullaghah, उषणम् usanam • Tamil: மரிசம் maricam, மிளகு milaku • Telugu: మరిచము marichamu, మిరెము miriyamu • Urdu: سياه مرچ siyah mirch, اوشن ushan

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Not kali mirchi in marathi but it is kali miri.

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Many thanks for pointing out, … Forgot to add मिरी miri in my notes.
काळी मिरची kali mirchi is less used / spoken.
More often very simply मिरी miri.
For context of काळी मिरची
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2 picturesof Dioscorea – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 2 images.
Is it Dioscorea sativa (alata)? Common Yam Potato (Yam aloo) of Bengal.

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This is a black pepper vine.

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Here are links for Piper Nigrum (Black pepper, Green pepper, Pink pepper or White pepper): webindia123 (details with pictures), toptropicals (details with pictures).

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Piper nigrum – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 4 images.
In a Spice Garden in Ponda area of Goa on 30/9/09.

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Yes …, it is piper nigrum. To me it looks like one of the Panyur varieties.

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Fruit & Vegetable Week- Piper nigram L.:
This is Piper nigram L. (Piperaceae).

VALMIKI : THE OBSERVER OF NATURE 50:
Attaching the image of the 50th member of the series. Valmiki mentioned this plant as MARICHA. Scientifically it is Piper nigrum. The plant is commonly known as Black Pepper. It is Kalimirch in Hindi and Golmorich in Bangla.

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Piperaceae, Lauraceae and Thymelaeaceae Fortnight :: Piperaceae :: Piper nigrum :: Devgad, Konkan :: ARKSEP-05 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).

Attached are pictures of Piper nigrum captured at Devgad, Konkan in November 2012.

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ANDEC49 Please identify this plant- Piper sp.?  : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)
Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala
November 2014

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Piper nigrum (wild?).

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ya black pepper?

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Thank you. Is Piper nigrum found in the wild? Or is this an escape from cultivation?

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It is my pleasure to share few images of Piper nigrum (Piperaceae)  

Habit: A vigorous climber 

Habitat: Cultivated 

Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1000 msl. 

Date: 15-06-2014, 24-06-2014, 15.08-2014, 06-02-2015 and 20-02-2015

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Great detail & interesting, thanks for sharing.

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Piper nigrum :: Galibeedu, Madikeri :: 23 FEB 2017  : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.

Piper nigrum L. … (family: Piperaceae)

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Piper nigrum (cultivated) :: Yercaud :: 25 JAN 18  : 2 posts by 2 authors.

… found cultivated in coffee plantations … Date: January 25, 2018 … Altitude: about 1,623 m (5324 feet) asl
Piper nigrum L. … (family: Piperaceae)

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Request for ID 2  : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 4 MB.
Place: Bombay Shola, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu
Date: 19/01/18
Some species of pepper?

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The leaf morphological characters mostly resemble P. nigrum. However, the spikes/inflorescence chracters would be useful for confirmation. The aroma of the leaves can be compared with the cultivated black peeper.

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