Capsicum baccatum L., Mant. Pl. 1: 46 1767. (syn: Capsicum angustifolium Dun.; Capsicum annuum var. baccatum (L.) Kuntze; Capsicum annuum subsp. baccatum (L.) Terpó; Capsicum baccatum Hort. Genev. ex Dun. (ambiguous synonym); Capsicum baccatum Kunth (ambiguous synonym); Capsicum cerasiforme Hort. ex Dun.; Capsicum ciliare Willd.; Capsicum conicum Vell.; Capsicum cumanense Fingerh.; Capsicum microcarpum Cav.; Capsicum microcarpum var. tomentosum Chod. & Hassl.; Capsicum microphyllum Dunal; Capsicum minimum Mill.; Capsicum pubescens Dun.; Capsicum pulchellum Salisb.);
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Colombia (Magdalena), Venezuela (Sucre), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Tucuman), Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Caazapa, Bocqueron, Concepcion, Cordillera, Paraguari, San Pedro), Uruguay (Rivera), Cayman Isl. (I), Cuba (I), Hispaniola (I), Puerto Rico (I), Virgin Isl. (I), Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Mexico (I), Honduras (I), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I), Ilha de Sao Nicolau (I), Ilha de Sao Tiago (I)), Nepal (I), Zambia (I), Mozambique (I), Angola (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per CoL;
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Peru to Brazil and N. Argentina: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay; Introduced into: Angola, Bermuda, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mozambique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre as per POWO;
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Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum (Willd.) Eshbaugh : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Altitude: 4400 ft.
Date: August 2013

Appears to be cultivar ‘Nepalese Bell’ as per link:

https://www.semillas.de/cgi-bin/shop_en/shop.cgi?shop=%22%22&keywords=Capsicum%20baccatum&cart_id=%22%22 (Very large growing capsicum baccatum variety with unusual pod shape, similar to Bishops Crown, but larger. Gives very good crops of crunchy pods with low to medium heat.
…large picture of pods
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