Black pepper comes from the berries of the pepper plant. Black pepper is the most pungent & flavorful of all types of peppers. The original meaning of Peppercorn is the fruit of Black pepper.Black pepper comes from the pepper plant, a smooth woody vine that can grow up to 33 feet in hot and humid tropical climates. They begin to bear small white clustered flowers after 3 to 4 years and develop into berries known as peppercorns. Black peppercorns are made by picking the pepper berries when they are half ripe and just about to turn red. They are then left to dry which causes them to shrivel and become dark in color. Once dried, the spice is called black peppercorn . Black pepper is the most pungent and flavorful of all types of peppers and it is available as whole or cracked peppercorns or ground into powder. -It can help to settle the stomach and relieve gas.