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Piper Indicum Indian pepper, or Siliquastrum pod-pepper: to the Italians, Pepe Indico: to the Germans, Indianisch Pfeffer Indian pepper: to the French, Poyure d'Inde.
A botanical woodcut illustration of a Piper Indicum (Indian pepper) plant. It features a central stalk with multiple branches, large oval-shaped leaves with pointed tips, and several elongated pepper pods hanging downwards. The root system is depicted as a cluster of fibrous roots at the base.
Location according to Fuchs.
It is exotic, and is sown in gardens.
Qualities according to the same.
It warms and dries vehemently: which is indicated by the intense sharpness of the seed and the bitterness of the leaves.
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