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Pepper (Dried immature fruit or berry)

the dried immature fruit or berry of P. nigrum, used as a condi- PEPPERMINT ment, whole or ground. White pepper is the berry deprived of its outer husk.

It is imported into this country chiefly from Java, Sumatra, Malacca, and Borneo, and is named after the locality from which derived; thus, Penang, Malabar, Sumatra, Trang, etc. The ground peppers of commerce are generally mixtures of different kinds of berries; e. g., Malabar is used to give weight, Penang or Trang to give strength, and Sumatra to give color.

Long pepper (P. longum), which belongs to the same natural order, and contains almost the same constituents, must be considered a true pepper, though of less value commercially.