Capsicum frutescens
The story
Deeply rooted in the landscapes of Mexico, Central America, and South America, this wild chili pepper carries a rich heritage. Known in English as the Tabasco pepper, it has traveled far from its native home, earning vibrant names across the globe, including 'grmasta paprika' in Slovenian and '小米辣' in Chinese.
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- Family
- Solanaceae
How to use it
This species can be grown as an annual or short-lived perennial plant. It produces very small, pungent, erect berries that are ellipsoid-conical to lanceoloid in shape, and its flowers are pollinated either by insects or through self-pollination.
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About
Capsicum frutescens is a species of chili pepper that is sometimes considered to be part of the species Capsicum annuum. Pepper cultivars of Capsicum frutescens can be annual or short-lived perennial plants. Flowers are white with a greenish white or greenish yellow corolla, and are either insect- or self-pollinated. The plants' berries typically grow erect; ellipsoid-conical to lanceoloid shaped. They are usually very small and pungent, growing 10–20 millimetres (0.39–0.79 in) long and 3–7 millimetres (0.12–0.28 in) in...
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Capsicum frutescens
- Slug
- capsicum-frutescens
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Capsicum
- Species
- frutescens
- Wikidata QID
- Q311426
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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