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In British English, the sweet varieties are called "peppers" [12] and the hot varieties "chillies", [13] whereas in Australian English and Indian English, the name "capsicum" is commonly used for bell peppers exclusively and "chilli" is often used to encompass the hotter varieties. The plant is a tender perennial subshrub, with a densely ...
Piment flower in Uaxactún, north of Tikal National Park, Guatemala. Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, [a] is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world. [3]
Capsicum annuum, commonly known as paprika, chili pepper, red pepper, sweet pepper, jalapeño, cayenne, or bell pepper, [5] is a fruiting plant from the family Solanaceae (nightshades), within the genus Capsicum which is native to the northern regions of South America and to southwestern North America.
The fruit (botanically a berry) of Capsicum plants has a variety of names depending on place and type. The more piquant varieties are called chili peppers, or simply chilis. The large, mild form is called bell pepper, or is named by color (green pepper, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, etc.) in North America and South Africa, sweet pepper.
See also External links A Aidan fruit; Aridan, prekese, uyayak, osakrisa, dawo (Tetrapleura tetraptera) Ajwain, carom seeds (Trachyspermum ammi) (Pakistan, South Asia, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt, Eritrea & Ethiopia) Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) Alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria), for red color Alligator pepper, mbongo spice (mbongochobi), hepper pepper (Aframomum danielli, A. citratum, A ...
Cayenne pepper – also known as the Guinea spice, [24] cow-horn pepper, aleva, bird pepper, [25] or, especially in its powdered form, red pepper—is a red, hot chili pepper used to flavour dishes. Celery seed – Apium graveolens is a plant species in the family Apiaceae commonly known as celery or celeriac, depending on whether the petioles ...
The paprika or bell pepper (also known as sweet pepper, pepper, capsicum / ˈ k æ p s ɪ k ə m / [1] or in some places, mangoes [2]) is the fruit of plants in the Grossum Group of the species Capsicum annuum. [3] [4] Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colors, including red, yellow, orange, green, white, chocolate, candy cane ...
This page is a sortable table of plants used as herbs and/or spices.This includes plants used as seasoning agents in foods or beverages (including teas), plants used for herbal medicine, and plants used as incense or similar ingested or partially ingested ritual components.