EPPO Global Database

Piper nigrum(PIPNI)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-01

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PIPNI
  • Preferred name: Piper nigrum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

India, Bangladesh. Cultivated since ancient times as a spice.  Introduced first in Indochina, Malesia, China, Japan, then in West Africa, then in tropical America (Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America)


Common names
Name
Language
hú jiāo Chinese
胡椒 Chinese
peper Dutch
black pepper English
common pepper English
pepper English
poivre noir French
poivrier French
poivrier cultivé French
gemeiner Pfefferstrauch German
Pfeffer German
kaalee mirch Hindi
safed mirch Hindi
काली मिर्च Hindi
सफेद मिर्च Hindi
lada hitam Indonesian
pianta del pepe Italian
koshō Japanese
コショウ Japanese
pimenta Portuguese
pimenta redonda Portuguese
pimenta verdadeira Portuguese
pimenta-branca Portuguese
pimenta-verde Portuguese
pimenteira Portuguese
pimenteira-negra Portuguese
pimenteiro Portuguese
pimenta-do-reino Portuguese (BR)
pimentero Spanish
pimienta Spanish
pepparbuske Swedish