Capsicum frutescens

Capsicum frutescens
Tabasco peppers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Capsicum
Species:
C. frutescens
Binomial name
Capsicum frutescens

Capsicum frutescens is a wild chili pepper having genetic proximity to the cultivated pepper Capsicum chinense native to Central and South America.[2] Pepper cultivars of C. frutescens can be annual or short-lived perennial plants. Flowers are white with a greenish white or greenish yellow corolla, and are either insect- or self-pollinated. The plants' berries typically grow erect; ellipsoid-conical to lanceoloid shaped. They are usually very small and pungent, growing 10–20 millimetres (0.39–0.79 in) long and 3–7 millimetres (0.12–0.28 in) in diameter.[3] Fruit typically grows a pale yellow and matures to a bright red, but can also be other colors. C. frutescens has a smaller variety of shapes compared to other Capsicum species. C. frutescens has been bred to produce ornamental strains because of its large quantities of erect peppers growing in colorful ripening patterns.[2]

  1. ^ Azurdia, C., Aguilar-Meléndez, A., Cerén-López, J., Contreras, A. & Menjívar, J. 2020. Capsicum frutescens (amended version of 2017 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T110057309A172968369. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T110057309A172968369.en. Downloaded on 11 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b Carvalho, S. I. C.; Ragassi, C. F.; Bianchetti, L. B.; Reifschneider, F. J. B.; Buso, G. S. C.; Faleiro, F. G. (2014-09-12). "Morphological and genetic relationships between wild and domesticated forms of peppers (Capsicum frutescens L. and C. chinense Jacquin)" (PDF). Genetics and Molecular Research. 13 (3): 7447–7464. doi:10.4238/2014.September.12.11. ISSN 1676-5680. PMID 25222244.
  3. ^ "Capsicum frutescens: info from PIER (PIER species info)". Hear.org. Retrieved 17 March 2022.