''Piper borbonense'' is a species of plant in the genus ''

Piper Piper may refer to: People * Piper (given name) * Piper (surname) Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Comics * Piper (Morlock), in the Marvel Universe * Piper (Mutate), in the Marvel Universe Television * Piper Chapman, lea ...

''. A close relative of

black pepper Black pepper (''Piper nigrum'') is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, known as a peppercorn, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about in dia ...

, its berries are used as a spice known as voatsiperifery, which comes from ''voa'', the Malagasy word for fruit, and ''tsiperifery'', the local name of the plant. A wild pepper, it grows in

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. It can reach up to 20 metres and needs a natural plant support.

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* http://plants.jstor.org/flora/floc012468 borbonense Endemic flora of Madagascar Spices Taxa named by Casimir de Candolle {{Piperales-stub