Kinds Of Capsicum

This is a list of capsicum cultivars belonging to the five major species of cultivated peppers genus capsicum.

Kinds of capsicum.

This species is the most common and extensively cultivated of the five domesticated capsicums. Phylogenetic relationships between species have been investigated using biogeographical morphological chemosystematic hybridization and genetic data. The species encompasses a wide variety of shapes and sizes of peppers both mild and hot such as bell peppers jalapeños new. Capsicum baccatum scoville heat units.

Capsicum annuum is a species of the plant genus capsicum chillies or peppers and capsicums or bell peppers native to southern north america and northern south america. Fruits of capsicum can vary tremendously in color shape and size both between and within species. Their fruit has 3 or even four lobes which make them look like a block. Aji peppers are known generally as the peruvian hot pepper where aji is the common name primarily in south america and areas of the caribbean for chili peppers.

Cultivars of this species include the chilies red green yellow sweet peppers and paprika. These fruits are pointed and have thin walls. Pepper genus capsicum genus of more than 30 species of flowering plants in the nightshade family solanaceae several of which are extensively cultivated for their edible often pungent fruits. Though there are only a few commonly used species there are many cultivars and methods of preparing chili peppers that have different names for culinary use.

They are often in the shape of a heart and have a pungent flavor to them. There are many different types and heat ranges. Due to the large and changing number of cultivars and the variation of cultivar namings in different regions this list only gives a few examples of the estimated 50 000 pepper varieties that exist. These peppers are typically non pungent in taste.

All types of peppers are part of the genus capsicum which includes hot varieties also known as chile peppers and sweet varieties such as the bell pepper up until the arrival of spanish and. Capsicum pubescens includes the south american rocoto peppers. The antimicrobial properties of chile peppers capsicum species and their uses in mayan medicine. 1 177 75 000 shu or hotter.

The most common type of capsicums known are. Cultivated types include the bird chilies cherry capsicum and cluster pepper. Capsicum consists of 20 27 species five of which are domesticated.