Our tail peppers

The most famous,  but not the only tailed pepper is the Indonesian cubeb or cubeb pepper (Piper cubebe), a 'true' pepper from the Piperaceae family. Other, lesser known tailed peppers from this family are the - quite rare - Voatsiperifery (Piper borbonense) from Madagascar or Réunion and the ashanti pepper or Benin pepper (Piper guineense)  also from Africa. The latter is the less bitter substitute for cubeb pepper, ideal for use in sweet dishes such as speculaas and pepper nuts.