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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Variety of black pepper}}<br />
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{{Infobox geographical indication<br />
| name = Malabar pepper<br />
| image = Pepper - കുരുമുളക് 01.JPG<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
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| description = [[Black pepper]] grown in [[Malabar region]]<br />
| type = Agricultural<br />
| area = [[Malabar region]] in [[Kerala]] <br> [[Kongu Nadu|Western Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| registered = 2007–08<br />
| material =<br />
| official website = <br />
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'''Malabar pepper''' is a variety of [[black pepper]] from the [[Malabar region]] of the present day of the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Kerala]]. It originated as a [[chance seedling]] in the region and was one of the [[spices]] traded with [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] and [[Arab]] traders, and later with European navigators.<ref name="Kerala">{{cite report|url=https://sites.cdit.org/wto/index.php/malabar-pepper|title=Malabar pepper|publisher=[[Government of Kerala]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> The area of production of this variety of pepper spans across the [[Malabar Coast]], [[Kongu Nadu|Western Tamil Nadu]] and Southern [[Karnataka]].<ref name="Kerala"/><br />
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It was declared as a [[List of geographical indications in India|Geographical indication]] in 2007–08.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://ipindia.gov.in/registered-gls.htm|title=Geographical indications in India|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=3 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203233006/https://ipindia.gov.in/registered-gls.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The application for registration was made by [[Spices Board]], Ministry of Commerce and Industry, [[Government of India]].<ref name="GIJ">{{cite journal|title=GT Application No. 49|journal=Geographical Indications Journal|date=3 October 2007|volume=19|page=29|url=http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/journal/19.pdf|accessdate=30 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809230933/http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/journal/19.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
The plant (''Piper nigrum'') is a flowering vine in the family [[Piperaceae]], cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit, known as a [[peppercorn]] when dried, is a small [[drupe]] five millimetres in diameter, dark red when fully mature, containing a single seed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Black Pepper|url=http://www.mccormickscienceinstitute.com/resources/culinary-spices/herbs-spices/black-pepper|publisher=McCornick Science Institute|access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref> Malabar pepper is classified under two grades known as garbled and un-garbled. The garbled variety is black in colour nearly globular with a wrinkled surface. The ungarbled variety has a wrinkled surface and the color varies from dark brown to black.<ref name="Kerala"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Geographical indications in Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Kerala cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Piper (plant)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian spices]]<br />
[[Category:Spices]]<br />
[[Category:Geographical indications in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Geographical indications in Tamil Nadu]]</div>Vinay