Pepper has been one of the most ancient commodities of the spice trade. Together with ginger, it has the longest history of export from South Asia dating back at least 4000 years. Pepper plants are climbers which grow to a height or length of 10 m or more. When its main stem is established, it grows lots of side shoots to create a bushy column...
White pepper is the nearly ripe drupe, deprived from the outer part of its pericarp by maceration in water and subsequent friction, and afterwards dried in the sun. It occurs ...