Black Pepper (Paiso Mainty)
Piper nigrum
About Black Pepper (Paiso Mainty)
Black Pepper (Paiso Mainty) (Piper nigrum) is a herb used in the Malagasy Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Fever, Pain, and Circulation, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning, known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully mature, it is approximately 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter and dark red, and contains a single seed like all drupes. Peppercorns and the ground pepper derived from them may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist