Piper longum seeds Long pepper seeds
LATIN NAME: Piper longum
COMMON NAME: Long Pepper
LATIN NAME: Piper longum
COMMON NAME: Long Pepper
The long pepper is the small, grey catkin of the warm kitchen, and the fine, slender spikes of the tiny flowers rise among the broad leaves. The vigorous, perennial, woody-rooted vine carries the broad, heart-shaped, dark-green leaves and the fine, slender, drooping spikes of the tiny flowers through the warm season, to be followed by the small, grey-brown, catkin-like spikes of the fruits, one of the fine, curious sights of the warm garden. The dried spikes have a very long record as the fine, hot spice of the old tables, and the vine is a fine, historic presence of the spice garden. It is a vine of the open, sunny to partly shaded, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The long pepper is a historic subject of the plant science, and the grey catkins keep showing up in the work on the pepper group. The chemistry of the dried spikes, which carry the fine, hot compounds of the old tables, has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the pepper vines, the hot spices and the members of the pepper family. The broad, heart-shaped leaves and the climbing habit have also made it a fine study vine, and the long pepper is a regular subject of the work on the grey catkins of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The long pepper is a fine, historic vine of the spice garden and the warm kitchen. The small, grey-brown, catkin-like spikes of the fruits have a very long record as the fine, hot spice of the old tables, the dried spikes ground into the fine, hot powder of the old spice routes and added to the curries, the pickles and the warm drinks of the tables, while the broad, heart-shaped leaves give the fine, green curtain of the vine. The vine is one of the fine choices for the spice garden, the warm wall and the study collection, and it has been written about in the culinary and the botanical papers for the grey catkins and the very long history. It is a fine, historic vine of the open, sunny to partly shaded, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the vine a warm, sheltered corner and the steady moisture through the growing season.
Give the vine a warm, sheltered corner and the steady moisture through the growing season.
To grow the long pepper from seed, sow the small, round seeds just under the surface of a tray of coarse, gritty soil, keep the tray in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out against the warm wall. The seedlings show themselves within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun or the light shade and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the grey catkins will come in the years ahead.
Piper longum
Long pepper
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