Pepper, also called pepper or sahang, which has the Latin name Piper nigrum is a plant that is rich in chemical compounds, such as pepper oil, fatty oil, and starch. Pepper is slightly bitter, spicy, warm, and antipyretic. This plant has begun to be discovered and known since tens of centuries ago.
In general, people only know white pepper and black pepper which are often used as kitchen spices. This plant is one of the world’s trade commodities and more than 80% of Indonesia’s pepper is exported to foreign countries. besides
In addition, pepper has the title of the King of Spices (King of Spices) where the world demand for pepper in 2000 reached 280,000 tons. Pepper is one of the plants that reproduce by seeds, but many farmers prefer to do
tweaks to expand it. They stem approximately 0.25-0.5 meters long.