On what kind of plant does peppercorn grow?

luckoftheirish

A pepper plant. Mar 06 06, 11:16 AM

Baloo55th

Botanically, Piper nigrum produces black, white and green peppercorns - the difference is in the treatment: http:www.napoleon-co.com/products/peppercorns/peppercorns.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper And a bit more technical: http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/pepper24.html It would appear to be a sort of woody vine which is grown amongst other things which support it. Red, yellow and green peppers are nothing whatever to do with peppercorn peppers, but are actually related to tomatoes (and the other odd things in the Solanum family). The peppercorn tree Schinus molle is no relation to either to either of the above, but gives pink peppercorns (which are somewhat toxic in quantity). http:/www.cookswares.com/discussions/pinkpeppercorns.asp Mar 06 06, 11:41 AM

kaylofgorons

Yay! Thanks. My roommate asked this question out of the blue, and I've been wondering ever since. Mar 06 06, 2:47 PM