- Family : SOLANACEAE
(Nightshade Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
- Synonym(s) : Capsicum annuum var. acuminata Fingerh.; Capsicum purpureum Roxb.; Capsicum annuum var longum; Capsicum bicolor Jacq.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Capsicum annuum L.
- Common name : Chilly plant, Red peppers, Cayenne pepper, Long chilly, Sapnish pimento
- Vernacular name :
- Lal Mirchi, Mirch (Hindi)
- Menasu, Menasina kaayi (Kannada)
- Usimilagai (Tamil)
- Mirapa, Mirapa kaaya (Telugu)
- Lonka (Oria)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Comments / notes : Commonly cultivated, often as an escape.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Osmanabad district, Raigad district, Thane district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Arizona, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Louisiana, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Pan
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Cultivated all over the world
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- 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
- N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.510. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 198
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Capsicum annuum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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