Black Pepper Spice Oil is extracted from the red fruit of the Peppercorn by the essential process of steam distillation from the Piper nigrum Linn herbaceous plant of the Piperaceae family. The oil has thin and consistent likes that of water. The black pepper vine has a heart-like shape and has a sharp and pleasant fragrance. Black Pepper has a woody and dry undertone, and its major constituents are ß- pinene, caryophyllene, and phellandrene.