Stem plant
Piperaceae, pepper.
Medicinal drug
Piperis nigri fructus – pepper fruit.
- Black pepper: mature, unripe harvested, dried fruits.
- White pepper: ripe fruit, outer part of the pericarp is rubbed off.
- Green pepper: fresh, unripe fruit.
Ingredients
Pungents: acid amides
Effects
- Burning
- Stimulation of gastric juice secretion
- Insecticidal (pure substances, e.g. piperine)
Areas of application
As a spice
