name: Yellow Bell Pepper

flavor_db_name_variants: yellow bell pepper

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Yellow bell pepper

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name_scientific: Capsicum annuum

description: Yellow bell peppers are members of the domesticated plant species <i>Capsicum annuum</i>. Green, yellow, orange and red bell peppers all belong to the same species, with the differences arising from the time at which they are harvested. Green bell peppers are bell peppers that have been harvested early. Yellow and orange bell peppers have been allowed more time to ripen, and red bell peppers are the most mature. <i>Capsicum annuum</i> is a domesticated species of the plant genus <i>Capsicum</i> native to southern North America and northern South America. The three species <i>C. annuum</i>, <i>C. frutescens</i> and <i>C. chinense</i> all evolved from a single common ancestor located somewhere in the northwest Brazil - Colombia area. <i>Capsicum annuum</i> is the most common and extensively cultivated of the five domesticated capsicums. The species is a source of popular "sweet peppers":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_peppers and "hot chilis":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_pepper with numerous varieties cultivated all around the world. In American English the plant is commonly known as a chili pepper or bell pepper. In British English, the sweet varieties are called red or green peppers and the hot varieties chillies, whereas in Australian and Indian English the name capsicum is commonly used for bell peppers exclusively and chilli is often used to encompass the hotter varieties. [Wikipedia] See a "list of capsicum cultivars":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Capsicum_cultivars.

itis_id: 30492

wikipedia_id: Capsicum_annuum

picture_file_name: bell_pepper_yellow_2.png

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picture_file_size: 25165

picture_updated_at: 2015-02-26T18:42:45.000Z

legacy_id: null

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Fruit vegetables

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2015-02-26T18:42:45.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:36.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: true

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 4072

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00878