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Pepper plants grow at altitudes ranging from 10-500 m dpl , with rainfall above 2,000 mm per year. Temperatures ranging between 25 º - 26.5 º C and height of the groundwater, relative within ( groundwater 0.5 M under the ground ).
Piper P. nigrum (pepper) produces black pepper and white pepper. Black pepper is the immature fruit dried pepper with skin, until the skin wrinkles and black. White pepper is derived from the ripe pepper fruit after cleaning of the skin and dried, until white color.
Characteristic of the pepper fruit are as follow:
Shape and color of the fruit: pepper fruit is round, have a hard seed and the soft-skin.
Skin of younger fruit is green, while the old is yellow. Fully ripe fruit is red color,slimy with a sweet taste. The pepper fruit preferred the birds sing. After dried, the pepper becomes black color.
Efficacy of Pepper among others :
. Prevent bone loss.
. Stimulate the spirit.
. As an antioxidant.
