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Family - Piperaceae
Botanical name - Piper nigrum
Common Name - Pepper
Pepper, popularly known as the "King of spices" and it accounts for ….occupies largest percentage in the international spice trade. It is most widely used spice all over the world. Black Pepper of commerce is the mature dried berries of the woody perennial evergreen climbing vine, Piper nigrum . Pepper is cultivated over an area of 32,800 ha of Sri Lanka and Matale, Kandy, Kegalle, Kurunegala and Nuwara Eliya are accounted as major districts of cultivation.
It can be grown either as a mono crop or as a mixed crop in the coconut and tea plantations using live and dead standards as support. Pepper is an ideal crop for home gardens where it can be trained on the existing tree species as well.
Sri Lankan black pepper has higher piperine content which conduces to fetch a premium price in international spice trade.
Harvesting
Unlike other pepper growing countries, Sri Lanka pepper flowers twice a year during the Maha and Yala rains. Two types of commercial pepper products called Black pepper, from fully matured unripe berries, and white pepper from fully ripe berries, are prepared
Quality Requirement
Black pepper is graded as Grade I special, Grade I, FAQ Grade and Light barriers. Light barriers are defined as those that float in solution of Alcohol and water.
| Product Type: |
Single Herbs & Spices
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Processing Type: |
Raw
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Shape: |
Powder
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| Place of Origin: |
Sri Lanka
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Weight (kg): |
1
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Brand Name: |
Ceylon Black Pepper
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| Type: |
Pepper
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