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Taxon:  Capsicum frutescens L.



Summary
Genus:
Capsicum
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Capsiceae
Nomen number:
8913
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:189. 1753
Verified:
01/22/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Capsicum assamicum Purkayastha & L. Singh
Capsicum minimum Blanco
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. D'Arcy, W. G. & W. H. Eshbaugh. 1974. New World peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae) north of Colombia: A resumé. Baileya 19:101.
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Common names
English
bird pepper –
capsicum –
hot pepper –
red chili –
spur pepper –
Tabasco pepper –
French
poivre rouge –
German
Chillies –
Japanese Rōmaji
kidachi-tō-garashi –
Portuguese
pimenta-malagueta –
Spanish
ají –
chile –
guindilla –
Swedish
tabascopeppar –
Transcribed Chinese
fan jiang –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCentral America  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated    widely cult. in neotropics
2CultivatedAfrica Africa  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • MESOAMERICA: Central America
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Pacific
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
Economic Uses
Food additives
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Lampe & McCann) –


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