Black Pepper

Piper nigrum (binomen a Carolo Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum) est arbor scandens familiae Piperacearum, in India meridiana sponte crescens, ibi alibique in regionibus tropicis propter fructus aromaticos in condimentis utilissimos culta.

Grana piperis nigri in mumia regis Aegyptii Ramsis II (anno 1235 a.C.n. mortui) reperta sunt.^[1]

Notae

Bibliographia

Fontes antiquiores

• saec. XV : Yingyai shenglan (p. 118 versionis Anglicae apud Google Books)
• 1745 : Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense (Amstelaedami: Chanquion, 1741-1750) vol. 5 p. 335; cf. E. D. Merrill, An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense. Manilae: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, 1917 p. 184
• 1753 : Carolus Linnaeus, Species plantarum (Holmiae: impensis L. Salvii, 1753) vol. 1 p. 28 (Latine)
• 1807 : William Hunter, "Remarks on the Species of Pepper which are Found on Prince of Wales's Island" in Asiatic Researches vol. 7 (1807) pp. 383-393

Eruditio recentior

• Lee Dyer, ‎Aparna Palmer, Piper: A Model Genus for Studies of Phytochemistry, Ecology, and Evolution. Novi Eboraci: Kluwer, 2004 (Paginae selectae apud Google Books)
• Dorian Q. Fuller, Nicole Boivin, Cristina Cobo Castillo, Tom Hoogervorst, Robin G. Allaby, "The archaeobiology of Indian Ocean translocations: Current outlines of cultural exchanges by proto-historic seafarers" in Sila Tripati, ed., Maritime Contacts of the Past. Deciphering Connection Amongst Communities (2017) pp. 1-23 eadem
• Kathleen D. Morrison, "Pepper in the Hills: Upland-Lowland Exchange and the Intensification of the Spice Trade" in K. D. Morrison, L. L. Junker, edd., Forager-Traders in South and Southeast Asia: Long-Term Histories (Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 2002) pp. 105-130 eadem
• Frederick J. Simoons, Food in China: A Cultural and Historical Inquiry (CRC Press, 2014) pp. 383-385 (Paginae selectae apud Google Books)