Taxon: Piper nigrum L.

Genus:

Piper

Family:

Piperaceae

Nomen number:

28589

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:28. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

26-may-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 19-sep-2017

Species priority site is:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

black pepper (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
pepper (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
white pepper (Source: HerbSpices) - English
poivre (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
poivre blanc (Source: HerbSpices) - French
poivre noir (Source: HerbSpices) - French
Pfeffer (Source: HerbSpices) - German
pepe (Source: HerbSpices) - Italian
koshō (Source: HerbSpices) - Japanese Rōmaji
pimenta (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
pimenta-da-Índia (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
pimenta-do-reino (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
pimienta (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
peppar (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
hu jiao (Source: pers. comm.) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

Food additives: flavoring (spice fide Ency CNatIn)
Gene sources: primary genetic relative of black pepper (based on gene flow between wild and cultivated plants fide Adv Agron 82:280. 2004)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (s.)

Cultivated

(widely cult. in tropics)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 (Ency CNatIn)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
Zhan, Y. 1998. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)

Check other web resources for Piper nigrum L. :

Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28589. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.