Produced by steam distillation of dried berries from the plant Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae) Â Sri Lanka is renowned for quality pepper that it has been able to offer to the international market over the ages. Pepper is a vine with heart shaped leaves and small white flowers. The berries turn from green to red on maturing and the sun-dried fruit is the black pepper of commerce. In modern commerce the pepper originated from Sri Lanka is known for its high content of volatile oil and pungent principle piperine. Selected grades of the dried berries are employed at our production and Link Natural Black Pepper oil has an outstanding quality and full aroma.