name: Pepper (C. Frutescens)

flavor_db_name_variants: pepper c frutescens

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Pepper (C. frutescens)

id: 428

name_scientific: Capsicum annuum var. annuum

description: Capsicum frutescens is a species of chili pepper that is sometimes considered to be part of the species Capsicum annuum. Pepper cultivars in Capsicum 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?20mm long and 3?7mm in diameter. 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, likely because of the lack of human selection. More recently, however, C. frutescens has been bred to produce ornamental strains, because of its large quantities of erect peppers growing in colorful ripening patterns.

itis_id: 527044

wikipedia_id: Capsicum_frutescens

picture_file_name: 436.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 80619

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:22.000Z

legacy_id: 463

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Fruit vegetables

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:41.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: 2

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 40321

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00428