Capsicum frutescens L., Sp. pl. 1:189. 1753 (Syn: Capsicum annuum var. minus (Fingerh.) Shinners, Capsicum assamicum J.Purkay. & Lok.Singh, Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum (Willd.) Eshbaugh, Capsicum conoides Roem. & Schult., Capsicum fastigiatum Blume, Capsicum frutescens var. lanicaule Greenm., Capsicum frutescens var. minus Fingerh., Capsicum frutescens var. pendulum (Willd.) Besser, Capsicum indicum var. pendulum (Willd.) Dierb., Capsicum indicum var. ribesium Dierb., Capsicum minimum Roxb., Capsicum pendulum Willd., Capsicum pendulum var. majus Dunal, Capsicum pendulum var. minus Fingerh.);
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Bolivia to Brazil; Introduced into: Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Chad, Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madeira, Malawi, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tunisia, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wake I., West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Lal mirch, Lalmirchi, Lankamirchi, Chili pepper, Chilli • Hindi: Mirch मिर्च • Manipuri: মোরোক Morok • Tamil: மிளகாய் Mulaga • Malayalam: Pacha Mulagu;
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KEY in Bengal Plants –
i) pedicels solitary, variously erect or reflexed; fruits erect or spreading or pendent, equal or longer than pedicel = annuuam L. & its var.
ii) pedicles two or more, erect; fruits always erect, shorter than pedicels = frutescens & its var.
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Sikkim plant 2155:
Pl. identify the Capsicum plant cultivated by the local Nepalese.
Locality: Ravangla, Sikkim
Date: 12.05.2010
Alt. 6500 ft


Capsicum frutescens group. We call it Dalley (round) Khorsaney (chilli)



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Solanaceae week:07/04/2011/YRP/01/Chethal­ayam, Wayanad.:
Friends, pictures of flowers, fruits and leaves of bird eye chilli. Could someone come out with the Botanical name please?


– This is again Capsicum frutescens, now correctly known as Capsicum annuum (C. frutescens being synonym of C. annuum). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird’s_eye_chili



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Capsicum frutescens L.
at some tropical spice farm, Goa on December 29, 2011

Very good upload



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Capsicum frutescens L.
at Vaghbil, Thane between August 21, 2007 and December 7, 2008


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Capsicum frutescens L.
at Tanshikar’s Spice Farm, Goa on February 21, 2012



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Solanaceae Fortnight:: Capsicum frutescens from Kaithal-NS Feb 01/01 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
This very useful plant is cultivated in almost every vegetable garden, on small scales in our area..
Hopefully the id is right as Capsicum frutescens L.

Beautiful pictures … The ID must be right as much as I see the familiar fruit that we use !
Hoping the ID gets seconded soon.



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Solanaceae Fortnight: Capsicum frutescens: RVS06 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)
Sharing pictures of Capsicum frutescens varieties growing in the medicinal plant garden of University of Mississippi.

yes and these made in to big stores as christmas color bearing plants for the kitchen table…


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Capsicum frutescens (escape) :: Yercaud :: 24 JAN 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 4 images.
Yercaud … (literally, lake forest), Tamil Nadu
… along ghat road near Gundur … Date: January 24, 2018 … Altitude: about 1,623 m (5324 feet) asl
Capsicum frutescens L. … (family: Solanaceae)



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SK1647 15 Dec 2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)- AROUND 400 KB EACH.
Location Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal
Elevation :  4500 ft.
Date 3 October 2018
Habit : Cultivated
Capsicum frutescens L. ??

Appears so as per images and details at


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LITTLE CHILLIES – To make you cry more! : 3 images.
Locals believe the pungency of one such chilly can substitute that of which is found in 10 normal chillies – a perfect tears inducing agent! These chillies are also used in Pineapple and Mango desserts to impart an added flavour.
Guess, they belong are related to capsicum annuum, Family -SOLANACEAE,
Coffee estate, Murnaadu, Western ghats, Coorg, Karnataka
03 Sep 2009


This is not Capscicum annuum, it is Capscicum minimum Roxb. Its correct name is Capscicum annuum var glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickers



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Solanaceae Week: Capsicum annuum from Bangalore:
Hot green chillies, from Bangalore!

I think it may be Capsicum frutescens L., as per keys herein.



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Solanaceae Week: Capsicuum annuum from Delhi:
Capsicum annuum
L., Sp. pl. 1:188-189. 1753
syn: Capsicum frutescens L.
A very commonly cultivated plant with large number of cultivars used as vegetable, pickles, spices and salads. Photographed from Delhi


This one of my favourite vegetable


 


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Capsicum frutescens ‘Piri Piri’ :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane :: 11 JAN 20 : 1 post by 1 author. 4 images.
Dattaji Salvi Udyan  Thane
Date: January 11, 2020 … Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl
Capsicum frutescens ‘Piri Piri’  



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Solanaceae Fortnight: Capsicum annuum L. (white) Feb2015sk11/28 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)
This is white or albino variety!

Beautiful..


I think it is Capsicum frutescens
https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au/poisonous-plant-chilli-pepper-capsicum-frutescens/


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A suggestion and request. Could one of the more knowledgeable in the group put together a chart of the varieties of chillies that grow all over India – the photo  area in which it is grown and heat/colour properties also if it
has an equivalent Engish name/ common indian name etc. it would be very interesting and useful to see them all together . Same could be done for the tomatoes and brinjals.

May be it can be a research project for the young ladies who may be enterprising enough in your own institute?  What a lovely way to spend a few weeks this summer?   Spending time between the computer, library / books and the bazaars for vegetables….  and then the more knowledgeable professors from eflora could help out with the
scientific IDs and classification.  Dr. Gurucharan Singhji has already produced a key for Solanums….


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white chilli from Hooghly (WB) 30-03-12 SK-2:
Found this white variety of Capsicum beside a road. The owner used the narrow space lying between the road and and its drainage to grow this and some other vegetables like pumpkin, gourd etc.

Species : UNKNOWN
Habit & Habitat : roadside cultivation
Date : 30-03-12, 10.30 a.m.
Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly), WB

Interesting…. is it spicy of peaceful as white 🙂


I wonder whether it will stay lemon white or turn to red when mature. Please read this one:
http://www.jaycjayc.com/may11-kitchen-garden/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayjayc/5793766854/


The owner said that this white/albino chilli was real hot!
But i can not confirm because he (the owner), with a disgruntled face, kept an watchful eye on my every movement in his property 🙂

I had seen completely black colored fruits long back from Thanjavur. They also like this small fruits but spicy.


Sometimes we also come across one or two purplish-black chilli along with green or red variety. Can you please confirm if those chilli were albino/white in immature stage?


I met the owner of this chilli today. He said, “I am growing this chilli for the last 3 or 4 years…. this year the pods are smaller…. the pods turn reddish when ripe… these are much fiery than the usual variety we see here…!”
Two of his neighbours also confirmed its fiery taste. The pods are about an inch long. Attaching images that i have recorded this morning.

I think it is Capsicum frutescens L., as per keys herein.



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Fwd: SK911 27 DEC-2017:ID 2 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (2)

Location: Kathmandu, Nepal  
Date: 15 August 2015
Altitude: 4400 ft.
Miniature chilli plant. Capsicum …. ????
From my garden !

I think it is Capsicum frutescens L., as per keys herein.


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Capsicum frutescens L. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Dec 7, 2008 · JUN23 DV45: 1 image.

Capsicum frutescens L.
Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Dec 7, 2008 · 3:20 PM IST :: about 3 m (10 ft) asl
Earlier uploaded at efloraofindia.


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Capsicum frutescens L. :: Waghbil, Thane :: Aug 24, 2007 · JUN23 DV344: 2 images.
Capsicum frutescens L.
Waghbil, Thane :: Aug 24, 2007 · 10:24 AM IST :: about 3 m (10 ft) asl


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FOR VALIDATION :: Capsicum frutescens L. :: Waghbil, Thane :: Aug 21, 2007 · JUN23 DV348: 1 image.|
Capsicum frutescens L. … FOR VALIDATION … perhaps, Capsicum annuum L.
Waghbil, Thane :: Aug 21, 2007 · 7:06 AM IST :: about 3 m (10 ft) asl



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