The melanin pigmentation in gingiva usually occurs at the areas from the marginal gingiva to the attached gingiva, close to the muco-gingival junction of the incisor region. However we experienced the pigmentatiom in the interdental papilla of a 51-year-old woman. A gingival ectomy was carried out to the patient, and the specimen was observed histopathologically. No recurrence was recognized 3 months after the operation.