All About White Pepper And Black Pepper

The plant is a flowering vine native to Southern India.
- Extensively cultivated in India and other tropical regions. Vietnam has become the world's largest producer.
- Was widely traded even in Europe as early as the 1st century.
- The word "pepper" has roots in the Sanskrit word pippali.
- The fruit is a drupe (a drupe is a fruit with a single seed inside, like a peach)