Piper retrofractum (Long Pepper)

$Piper retrofractum green leaves on a woody vine close up botanical plant$

Piper retrofractum with textured deep green foliage growing on wooden support

Botanical names: Piper retrofractum, Chavica officinarum, Piper chaba, Piper officinarum

Common names: Long Pepper, Balinese Pepper

Origin: South East Asia

USDA Zone: 9-10

Dried mature unripe fruit are carminative, stomachic, antidiarrheal, oxytocic.

Long pepper, which tastes pungent and sweet at the same time, is more pungent than black pepper.

$Piper retrofractum green plant with many oval pointed leaves on thin stems$

Piper retrofractum with thick green leaves and trailing stems on the ground

$Piper retrofractum green plant on bamboo support structure with thick lush climbing vines$

Piper retrofractum green climbing vine attached to a wooden bamboo support frame

$Piper retrofractum green leaves and red fruit close up of climbing vine plant$

Piper retrofractum leaves and ripening red fruit clusters on a dense climbing vine.

$Piper retrofractum red fruit close up with green leaves in the background$

Piper retrofractum with mature red fruit and smaller green fruit on stems.

Link to this plant:

https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/piper_retrofractum.htm