It belongs to the family of Piperaceae, a kind of vine cultivated for fruits known as peppercorn. Peppercorns are dried to get black pepper. Black pepper is used in medicine and food. In India it is mostly cultivated in the southern states. In India it is processed in two varieties Black and white. 

Black pepper is processed by retaining the outer skin where as white pepper is processed by removing the outer skin. White pepper is used in light coloured dishes since the crushed black corns could be visible in the dish. 

Life of the product is upto 4 and 6 years. If the buyer demands we can provide the lab analysis of black and white pepper. We provide both black and white pepper corns, and powder.