• Family : SOLANACEAE
  (Nightshade Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : SOLANACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Capsicum conoides Mill.; Capsicum micranthum Link; Capsicum fastigiatum Blume; Capsicum minimum Clarke
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Capsicum annuum L.
• Common name : Bird's eye Chilly
• Vernacular name : Dhan Mirch, Lovongi Mirchi (Hindi); Menasu (Kannada); Milagay (Tamil); Golkonda mirapa, Konda mirapa, Aggi mirapa (Telugu); Dhanua lanka (Oria); Kantharimulaki, Palmulaku, Vellakanthari (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Widely cultivated as a vegetable
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 31/10/2015
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0371
• Collection Locality : Yelagiri Hills, Vellore district
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, Namakkal district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Vellore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Sivaganga district, Villipuram district, Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : Tropical America
• World Distribution : Cultivated in most parts of the world.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Capsicum frutescens. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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