Capsicum frutescens
Dublin Core
Title
Subject
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Capsicum
Species: frutescens L.
Common Name
Chilli Padi, Bird's Eye Chilli, Peri Peri, Tabasco
Description
Characteristics
It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Morphology
Flower
Greenish-white with blue or yellow anthers occur in groups of two or more at the nodes. The common features of frutescens cultivars are their greenish flowers and their steeply upwards direction pedicles; also the small and pointed fruits keep their upright position until maturity.
Fruits
The berries are red when mature, and tapered.
Roots
The plant is supported by a short to long taproot with many spreading lateral roots and fibrous roots
Stems
The stems of mature plants are woody but moderately soft and weak. Older branches are light gray.
Plant part used
Fruits
Traditional uses
Food (Fruit & Vegetable: The fruits are very popular and used in all kinds of dishes, soups, or salads. It may be used fresh or dried, ripe or unripe, cooked or raw.; Herb and Spice)
The coatings and powders are used to break children of thumb sucking and nail-biting. Anciently, it was even used as an instrument of torture.
Medicinal uses
It is used as a salve to relieve muscle, joint, and toothache pain.
List of country
Bolivia, Brazil West-Central
Red List Category
Least Concern (LC)
Source
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316959-2
- https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/110057309/172968369
- https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/15198
- https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/5/2/5206