Black Paper Plant, Marich Plant, Hybrid, Potted plant

Description

Introducing the King of Spices – Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) – now available as high-yielding hybrid/grafted plants at Gupta Nursery. Known locally as Marich (मरिच) or Kalo Marich, this perennial climbing vine produces the world’s most valuable and widely used spice.

At Gupta Nursery, we offer healthy, grafted black pepper saplings that are specially selected for Nepal’s humid, subtropical climates. With black pepper currently fetching Rs 2,000 per kilogram in the Nepali market and a successful 35-year-old farm operating in Pokhara producing 60-70 kg annually, there has never been a better time to start your own black pepper cultivation.

Why You’ll Love Our Black Pepper Plant

• Nepal’s “Black Gold” – High Market Value: Black pepper is one of the most lucrative spice crops in Nepal. Local farmers refer to it as “black gold” due to its premium price—currently around Rs 2,000 per kilogram for dried peppercorns.

• Proven Success in Nepal: A pioneering farmer in Pokhara has been cultivating black pepper since 1990 BS and now produces 60-70 kilograms of black pepper annually from his farm. He currently has 1,500 saplings ready for sale, proving that black pepper thrives in Nepali conditions.

• Government-Backed Initiative: Pokhara Metropolitan City is actively promoting black pepper farming as a sustainable solution to crop damage caused by monkeys and wild animals. In a recent initiative, the metropolitan distributed 400 black pepper saplings to encourage farmers.

• Naturally Pest & Animal Resistant: The black pepper variety being promoted in Nepal is naturally resistant to monkeys and pests such as aphids, ensuring better crop security and a reliable income for farmers.

• Long Harvest Season: Black pepper plants begin fruiting in mid-June and the harvest extends through March—providing nearly 9-10 months of harvesting opportunity.

• Perennial Crop – One-Time Investment: Black pepper is a perennial crop that, once established, continues to produce for many years. It is typically grown at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,200 meters in humid conditions.

• Medicinal & Culinary Superstar: Beyond culinary use as a spice, black pepper has significant medicinal properties used in Ayurveda for digestion, appetite stimulation, cough relief, and treatment of respiratory and heart ailments