Black-pepper from Sri Lanka.

The creeper and berries

The plucked berries left to dry in the sun till it shrivels up and turns black.

Black Pepper, 'Gammiris' - 'Gamey+Miris' to differentiate from 'Cochi Miris' brought from Cochin, Goa, India introduced by the Portuguese. It is called 'Milahu' in Tamil.. Pepper was a valuable export from Sri Lanka for more than 2000 years. It is recorded as being exported from the port of Komari on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka by the ancient Greeks.