Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the fami Piperaceae, cultivated for its frult, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. When dried, the fruit is known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully mature, it is appro- -ximately 5 millimeters (0.20 in) indiameter, dark red, and, like all drupes, contains a single seed. Peppercorns, and the ground pepper derived from them, may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green pepper (dried unripe fruit) and white pepper (ripe fruit seeds). Black pepper is native to south India and is extensively cultivated there and elsewhere in tropical regions. Dried ground pepper has been used since antiquity for both its flavor and as a traditional medicine. Pepper is an increasingly popular crop. In Cambodia, not just in Kampot Province. There are also other provinces that can plant the black pepper such as Battambang, Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, Kampong Cham and Tbong Khmum province. in It is one of the most common spices added to cuisines around the world. The spiciness of black pepper is due to the chemical piperine, not to be confused with the capsaicin characteristic of chili peppers. Black pepper is ubiquitous in the modern world as a seasoning and is often paired with salt Black pepper is the world’s most traded spice.