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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.
The flowers are either insect or self-pollinated. The fruit pods of the baccatum species have been cultivated into a wide variety of shapes and sizes, unlike other capsicum species, which tend to have a characteristic shape. The pods typically hang down, unlike a Capsicum frutescens plant, and can have a citrus or fruity flavor.
Capsicum plants originated in modern-day Peru and Bolivia, and have been a part of human diets since about 7,500 BC. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are one of the oldest cultivated crops in the Americas. [ 2 ] Chili peppers were cultivated in east-central Mexico some 6,000 years ago, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and independently across different locations in the Americas ...
Capsicum frutescens, which includes the Tabasco pepper and many of the peppers grown in India; [6] sometimes not distinguished as a species separate from C. annuum. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Capsicum pubescens , which includes the rocoto and manzano pepper, are distinctive plants, having violet flowers, black seeds, and hairy dark green leaves, and grow as a ...
1 serving Cottage Cheese Snack Jar with Fruit Daily Totals: 1,789 calories, 85g fat, 93g protein, 176g carbohydrate, 29g fiber, 1,906mg sodium. Make it 1,500 calories: Change P.M. snack to 1 large ...
A.M. Snack (84 calories) 1 cup blueberries. Lunch (365 calories) 1 serving Chicken Parmesan Soup. 1 medium apple. P.M. Snack (215 calories) 1 serving Cottage Cheese Snack Jar with Fruit. Dinner ...
The genus Capsicum has over 30 species but Capsicum annuum is the primary species in its genus, as it has been widely cultivated for human consumption for a substantial amount of time and has spread across the world. This species has many uses in culinary applications, medicine, self defense, and can even be ornamental. [6]
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