Listing description
Capsicum annuum is a species of the plant genus Capsicum native to
southern North America and northern South America.[1][4] This
species is the most common and extensively cultivated of the five domesticated
capsicums. The species encompasses a wide variety of shapes and sizes of
peppers, both mild and hot, ranging from bell peppers to chili peppers. Cultivars are
descended from the wild American bird pepper still found in warmer regions of
the Americas.[5] In the
past some woody forms of this species have been called C. frutescens, but the features that were used to
distinguish those forms appear in many populations of C. annuum and
it is not a consistently recognizable feature in C. frutescens species. [6] Moreover,
crosses between C.annuum and C. frutescens aren't likely because seeds obtained
from polliations between those two species (if the embryo survives) will not
germinate.
Detailed description
Uses
Culinary
The species is a source of popular sweet peppers and
hot chilis with numerous varieties cultivated all around the world.
Common naming in English falls generally in line
with the flavor and size of the variant. Larger, sweeter variants are called
"capsicums" in Australia, sweet peppers in Great Britain, and red or
green peppers,[10] or "bell peppers" in
the United States. The smaller, hotter varieties are called chillis,[11] chilies, chile, or chili
peppers.
Capsinoid chemicals
provide the distinctive tastes in C. annuum variants. In
particular, capsaicin creates a
burning sensation ("hotness"), which in extreme cases can last for
several hours after ingestion. A measurement called the Scoville scale has been created to
describe the hotness of peppers and other foods.
Medicinal
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It is employed in medicine, in
combination with Cinchona in intermittent and
lethargic affections, and also in atonic gout, dyspepsia accompanied by flatulence, tympanitis, paralysis etc. Its most valuable
application appears however to be in cynanche maligna (acute diphtheria) and scarlatina
maligna (malignant Scarlet fever, used either as a gargle or administered
internally.)
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In ayurvedic medicine, C. annuum is
classified as follows:[13]
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Gunna (properties) – ruksh (dry), laghu (light)
and tikshan (sharp)
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Virya (potency) – ushan (hot)
Ornamental
Some cultivars grown specifically for their
aesthetic value include the U.S. National Arboretum's Black Pearl[14] and the
Bolivian Rainbow. Ornamental varieties tend to have unusually colored fruit and
foliage with colors such as black and purple being notable. All are edible, and
most (like Royal Black) are hot.
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