Acehnese Pepper Varieties

Acehnese Pepper Varieties refers to the three primary cultivars of black pepper (Piper nigrum) distinguished by Acehnese planters (aneu seuneubo).

Primary Cultivars

1. Lada Koelit: Characterized by thick leaves, hard stems, and large berries; forms tall vines but yields irregularly.
2. Lada Minjeu (or Lada Selassih): Features thin light-green leaves and abundant small berries; highly favored for commercial yield.
3. Lada Tjangde: Small-leaved, slow-growing cultivar with dense berry clusters.

Planters categorized fruit development into eight distinct maturation stages, harvesting berries at full ripeness (poetih geutiee) for white pepper or slightly unripe for black pepper.

See Also

• Seunebok Lada
• Pidie

Source

De pepercultuur in Atjeh en onderhoorigheden, H. Heyl, Atjeh Drukkerij en Boekhandel, 1912, pp. 29, 31.