Compact orange pepper plants in the genus
Capsicum.
Charleston Hot peppers in varying stages of maturity.
There are several completely different plants referred to by the name of
pepper; most are used in food for the "hot" sensation that the chemical
piperine or
capsaicin induces on the
tongue.
# Various plants in the family
Piperaceae, notably the genus
Piper, including the
black pepper that appears on virtually every dining room table in parts of the world! Different preparations of the same
Piper nigrum plant also produce "white" and "green" peppercorns. Also, the genus
Peperomia, which is included in the Peperomiaceae family by some authors.
# Plants in the genus
Capsicum in the family
Solanaceae, including bell peppers and chile peppers. These plants have given rise to the
Scoville scale to measure the "hotness" of a pepper.
# Pink peppercorns, also called "Peruvian pepper" or "Caribbean pepper," are from a plant related to
Cashews; species
Schinus molle, in the family
Anacardiaceae.
#
Szechuan peppercorns are produced by a plant of the family
Rutaceae, species
Zanthoxylum piperitum.
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There is a song called "Pepper", also released as a single by the
Butthole Surfers from their 1996
album Electriclarryland.
There is a
pop punk group called
Pepper. They are originally from
Hawaii and relocated to
California.
See also
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