Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill

 
  • Family : SOLANACEAE
    (Nightshade Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
  • Basionym : Capsicum hispidum var. glabriusculum Dunal
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Capsicum annuum var. aviculare (Dierb.) D'Arcy & Eschbaugh
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kappalmulaku (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Cultivated
  • Key identification features : Annual herbs, up to 1 m high; Flowers 2-3 together, axillary, pale white; Berries elongate-oblong,suberect, red when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
  • 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
  • Literature :
    • 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. 511. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.

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