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What is the scientific name for pepper?
Capsicum
Peppers/Scientific names
What is the classification of pepper?
What is the name of peppers?
The large, mild form is called bell pepper, or by color or both (green pepper, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, etc.) in North America and South Africa, sweet pepper or simply pepper in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malaysia, but typically called capsicum in Australia, India, New Zealand and Singapore.
What family is pepper in?
Nightshade
Peppers/Family
What is the local name of pepper?
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, known as a peppercorn, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning….
| Black pepper | |
|---|---|
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Piper |
| Species: | P. nigrum |
| Binomial name |
What is the origin of pepper?
The world’s most commonly used spice, Piper nigrum, starts life as berries in a clump on a flowering vine (like grapes). Native to Southern India, today pepper is grown throughout the tropics. Archaeological evidence of people using pepper goes back to at least 2000 BC in India.
Why is pepper called pepper?
Etymology. The word pepper derives from Old English pipor, Latin piper, and Sanskrit pippali for “long pepper”. In the 16th century, people began using pepper to also mean the unrelated New World chili pepper (genus Capsicum).
What’s the definition of peppers?
1 : a black or white spice that has a sharp flavor and comes from the dried ground-up fruit of an Indian climbing shrub. 2 : a usually green, red, or yellow vegetable that has a sharp or mildly sweet flavor and grows on a bushy garden plant. pepper. verb. peppered; peppering.
What is pepper of the kingdom?
Plant
Black pepper/Kingdom
Is pepper a species?
| Black pepper | |
|---|---|
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Piper |
| Species: | P. nigrum |