Black Pepper

Piper nigrum: Black, White, Green
Fam: Piperaceae
Schinus terebinthifolius: Pink Pepper
Fam: Anacardiaceae

Pepper comes from the species of a vinous plant, the spice a fruit is called a peppercornsa . Black pepper is the dried, unripe berry. The corns are about 5 mm (1/8 in) in diameter. White pepper is same as the black, but is allowed to ripen more fully on the vine. The outer shells of the berries are removed by soaking them in water until the shell falls off, or are held under flowing spring water, yielding a whiter, cleaner pepper.

Other Names

Black
French: poivre
German: Pfeffer
Italian: pepe nero
Spanish: pimienta negra
Arabic: filfil
Indian: gol/kala,i, mir(i)ch(i)
Indonesian: merica hitam, meritja
Lao: phik noi
Malay: lada hitam
Thai: prik ki tai

White
French: poivre blanc
German: Weisser Pfeffer
Italian: pepe bianco
Spanish: pimienta blanca