INDIA. Black Peppercorns (Piper nigrum), Whole, Organic Common names: Aseymirus, Bai Chuan, Berbere Tselim, Bors, Burc, Chernyj Perets, Fefer, Filfil Aswad, Etikene, Fulful, Gu Yue, Gol Mirch, Dharmapattana, Cay Tieu, Hu Chiao, Jaluk, Edde Munchi, Habush, Kali Mirch, Kara Biber, Krishnan, Lada, Mire, Milaagu, Mresh, Ozizi, Paminta, Poivre, Ushan, Yavaneshtam, Vellaja, Siri, etc. Family: Piperaceae Black Pepper is the fruit harvested from a woody perennial vine that grows up to 13 feet tall. Native to South and Southeast Asia, it grows wild in the western mountains of India above the coastal plain that runs along the Arabian Sea. Major areas for Black Pepper cultivation are in Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and Brazil.