荜澄茄Piper cubeba，又名尾胡椒，是胡椒属的一种植物，被栽培以获取其果实与精油。它主要生长于爪哇岛与苏门答腊岛地区，因此有时也被叫做爪哇胡椒。其果实在成熟之前被采集，并被仔细地加以干燥处理。荜澄茄的贸易由其干浆果组成，干浆果在外观上类似于黑胡椒，但比黑胡椒多了梗柄——即“尾胡椒”的“尾巴”。在干燥过程中，果皮会产生褶皱，颜色也会从灰棕色变为黑色。其种子很硬，呈现白色并富含植物油。荜澄茄的气味被描述为一种让人愉快的香味。其味辛辣刺鼻，有些微苦味。

荜澄茄通过印度与阿拉伯人之间的贸易传向欧洲。古法语中的quibibes一词来自于阿拉伯语中起源未明的kababah（كبابة），英文名称cubeb则来自古法语。荜澄茄首先以阿拉伯名字出现在炼金术著作中。在约翰·帕金森的著作《Theatrum Botanicum》中，他提到葡萄牙国王在1640年前后下令禁止销售荜澄茄，以促进黑胡椒的贸易。在19世纪的欧洲，荜澄茄贸易曾因其医学用途而经历了一段短暂的复兴，但是此后它在欧洲市场几乎消失。在西方，它仍然被用作琴酒与香烟的香味剂；在印度尼西亚与非洲则被用作食物的佐料。

Cubeb (Piper cubeba), or tailed pepper is a plant in genus Piper, cultivated for its fruit and essential oil. It is mostly grown in Java and Sumatra, hence sometimes called Java pepper. The fruits are gathered before they are ripe, and carefully dried. Commercial cubebs consist of the dried berries, similar in appearance to black pepper, but with stalks attached – the "tails" in "tailed pepper". The dried pericarp is wrinkled, and its color ranges from grayish-brown to black. The seed is hard, white and oily. The odor of cubebs is described as agreeable and aromatic and the taste as pungent, acrid, slightly bitter and persistent. It has been described as tasting like allspice, or like a cross between allspice and black pepper.