Piper nigrum 'Variegata'

Muldera multinervis, Miq. 1846
Piper aromaticum, Lam. 1791
Piper baccatum, C.DC. 1869
Piper colonum, C.Presl 1845
Piper denudatum, Opiz 1828
Piper glyphicum Hoffmanns.
Piper glyphicum, Hoffmanns. ex Kunth 1839
Piper malabarense, C.DC. 1869
Piper nigricans, Willd.
Piper nigricans, Willd. ex Link 1820
Piper rotundum, Noronha 1790
Rhyncholepis haeankeana, Miq. 1843

nigrum = black

terrestrial, climbing. In warm and humid tropical forests, climbing trees on the side away from the sun.

Piper nigrum (black pepper) is a worldwide cultivated plant, the main areas are in the warm and humid tropics. Originally, this species comes from the pepper coast of India (Malabar Coast). Green pepper is obtained from unripe, early harvested fruits, black pepper is also obtained from unripe, not yet yellow-orange but also green fruits, which have become wrinkled and black by drying. White pepper is only the stone core of fully ripe peppercorns. Originally, pepper was not known as a spice, but as a preservative.
Piper nigrum can form over 3m long tendrils, can also be cultivated well as a hanging basket plant. Although the plant originates from the tropics, it easily adapts to the conditions in a normally heated living room.