Capsicum annuum L.
var. annuum

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Shenstone, Mt Hampden

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Common names:	Green pepper (English) Sweet pepper (English)
Description:	Much-branched annual or short-lived perennial herb, up to 1.5 m tall, widely cultivated for its edible fruits. Leaves ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 2.5-10 cm long, dark green, thinly textured to somewhat leathery, hairless except for scattered hairs in the axils of veins below; margin more or less entire, wavy. Flowers mostly solitary, white to greenish or bluish-white, drooping. Fruit very variable in shape, size, colour and taste.
Notes:	Note: two cultivars are grown in Zimbabwe. The narrow-fruited "hot-chillies" are used for flavouring, both fresh and dried. The large well-known, green, yellow or red, "sweet-peppers" (see photos) is eaten fresh or cooked. Both varieties are known as very occasional escapes from cultivation.
Derivation of specific name:	annuum: annual
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Worldwide distribution:	Widely grown cultivars originating from South America.
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Image last updated:	Sunday 1 June 2008
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Pages 59 - 60.

Flora of Botswana: Capsicum annuum var. annuum
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