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Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum, a chili-pepper variety of Capsicum annuum, is native to southern North America and northern South America. [2] Common names include chiltepín, Indian pepper, grove pepper, chiltepe, and chile tepín, as well as turkey, bird’s eye, or simply bird peppers (due to their consumption and spread by wild birds; "unlike humans birds are impervious to the heat of ...
An illustration for The Five Little Peppers, 1887. The Five Little Peppers is a book series created by American author Margaret Sidney which was published 1881 to 1916. It covers the lives of the five children in their native state and develops with their rescue by a wealthy gentleman who takes an interest in the family. [1]
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.
We love bell peppers for their mild flavor and recipe versatility. There's so much we can do with this vegetable, from slicing them into a stir fry to roasting them for salads and sandwiches.
Capsicum frutescens is a wild chili pepper having genetic proximity to the cultivated pepper Capsicum chinense native to Central and South America. [2] Pepper cultivars of C. 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.
Chimayó peppers are commonly dried by being hung on ristras; once dried, they can be ground into chile powder or chile flakes. [7] [6] The flavor is described as sweet, earthy, and smoky, without being too hot, [9] [1] and the fruit is also fleshier and drier. [4] The pepper can also be used fresh for salsas, stir-frys, roasted, or stuffed. [2]
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This is polyphyletic category: The plants listed here are not all close related, but simply are sometimes called "pepper" in English, due to a spicy-hot flavor.They range from chili peppers (genus Capsicum), to peppercorns (), to piquant plants in the ginger and cardamom family (Zingiberaceae), the custard apple and soursop family (), the cashew and sumac family (Anacardiaceae), and the rue ...