Piper nigrum | Black Pepper Corn | 20_Seeds Orange-edged Roadside-Skipper

Piper nigrum | Black Pepper Corn | 20_Seeds Orange-edged Roadside-SkipperThis is Piper nigrum, also known as Black Pepper Corn. I will not bore you with what pepper is. The fruits can be used as a disinfectant. Eating the fruit improves digestion and lowers fever. The dried seed that we know as peppercorn has a wide variety of health benefits and uses. The vine gets about 20 feet long and likes to live in partial shade. USDA Hardiness Zones 10b to 11.

This perennial grows up to 4 feet tall and lives best in full sun

USDA Hardiness Zones 9b to 11

it also grows well in containers where it can be protected from frost

It grows as a climbing vine in some environments

After the cross pollination happens

This plant has yellow blossoms

Yellow Pheasant Berry

This is Tacca integrifolia

This evergreen tree blossoms year round and is extremely fire retardant

Beyond its aesthetic appeal

so they add more color later into the season

These seeds were collected from Aristolochia gigantea