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to help ... THIS SPICE, PRODUCED BY THE PIPER NIGRUM PLANT, WAS 
ONCE SO RARE IT WAS USED AS CURRENCY, BLACK PEPPER. OREGANO 
IS... [DOC] [TLE] Tips on Pepper - The Worlds' Most Popular Spice at CooksRecipes ... [PAR] ... black pepper. Pepper was once so rare and valuable, it was sometimes used 
as currency. ... The pungent spice comes from berries produced by a perennial 
climbing evergreen vine called Piper nigrum, a native plant to India and 
Indonesia. [DOC] [TLE] Black pepper - Wikipedia [PAR] Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, 
cultivated for its fruit, ... Once dried, the spice is called black peppercorn. On 
some ... Tellicherry comes from grafted Malabar plants grown on Mount 
Tellicherry. .... Pepper was so valuable that it was often used as collateral or even 
currency. In the... [DOC] [TLE] pepper - Everything2.com [PAR] Indulge me if I choose to begin with peppercorns, piper nigrum. ... Once so rare 
and precious that it was literally worth its weight in gold, pepper came to ... It was 
used as currency, and dowries, rents, and taxes were often paid in peppercorns. 
... The pepper plant is a climbing perennial vine which produces spikes of flowers
... [DOC] [TLE] One oregano plant that is put in full sun, fairly dry soil and harvested [PAR] One oregano plant that is put in full sun, fairly dry soil and harvested frequently ... 
of a spice that was once so valuable and rare itwas sometimes used as currency. 
... The berry is processed to produce three basic types of peppercorn  black,... [DOC] [TLE] Black pepper, king of spices, has savory past - Food and Dining ... [PAR] Jul 29, 2010 ... Black pepper was once so rare it was considered as precious as gold and used 
as currency. ... like grapevines, producing berries that grow in grape-like clusters. 
Black, white and green peppercorns are all products of the same plant, but ... The 
black peppercorn also marries well with dark chocolate; dried... [DOC] [TLE] Peppercorns - Silk Road Spice Merchant [PAR] Obviously peppercorns are not nearly as valuable today as they once were, but 
they ... Black, green, and white peppercorns are all from the piper nigrum plant. ... 
However, they are used in a similar way and are common in pepper blends, so 
we ... These peppercorns are rare and fragile, and are not usually seen outside of
... [DOC] [TLE] Pass the pepper: Get to know the common spice [PAR] Jul 13, 2009 ... So why don't we call it piper? ... Early Romans used pepper as currency. ... In the 
Middle Ages, peppercorn was the most valuable trading commodity, ... The great 
pepper producing areas are India's Malabar Coast, the Malaysian ... 6 inches 
from the coals and cook 8 minutes for medium rare, turning once. [DOC] [TLE] Print Article - Mother Earth News [PAR] Spices like turmeric, clove, rosemary, and ginger contain plant compounds that 
even ... But this small, dried berry was once considered exotic, and so rare and 
expensive ... In times past, it was used as currency, ransom, and sacred offerings. 
... Piper nigrum, depending on how it is processed and prepared, produces white,
... [DOC] [TLE] Peppercorns | Colonel De Herbs & Spices [PAR] As it happens, there are at least five different plants whose spice is called 
peppercorns. I'm afraid there is just too much information to cover in just one 
lesson. In fact, this should be ... In the 15th Century the piper nigrum variety of 
peppercorns, were so rare that they were used in some places for currency. 
There are three... [DOC] [TLE] About White Pepper - Spice Place [PAR] It is actually made from the seed of the plant, once the fruit flesh is already ... that 
at one point, it was used as ransom money in the early fifth century Rome. ... Its 
botanical

Question: This spice, produced by the Piper nigrum plant, was once so rare it was used as currency
Answer: black pepper