The Piperaceae, also known as the pepper family, are a large family of flowering plants. The group contains roughly 3,600 currently accepted species in 5 genera. The vast majority of species can be found within the two main genera: Piper and Peperomia.
Piperaceae
Piper caninum
Peperomia perciliata
Piper, the pepper plants or pepper vines, is an economically and ecologically important genus in the family Piperaceae.
Piper (plant)
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) corns, from left to right: Green (pickled unripe fruits) White (dried ripe seeds) Black (dried unripe fruits)
At a Kava club in Tonga (c. 2005)
Crystallized piperine, extracted from black pepper (Piper nigrum)