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Capsicum frutescens
Also called Tabasco Pepper, Bird Pepper, Capsicum, Hot Pepper, Red Chili, Cayenne Pepper, African Chilli
In Singapore: Chilli Padi, Bird's Eye Chilli, Peri Peri, Tabasco, 辣椒, 小米辣 (Grown in Singapore)
Spur pepper is a wild chili relative of the cultivated Capsicum chinense, grown for its small, very hot fruits. It is usually grown as an annual or short-lived perennial and needs warmth and a long, sunny season to fruit well.
Capsicum frutescens is a wild chili pepper that has genetic proximity to the cultivated pepper Capsicum chinense. It is native to Central and South America as well as Mexico. Pepper cultivars of C. frutescens can be annual or short-lived perennial plants.
Cayenne pepper · Almapaprika · Cayenne pepper · Locoto · Aji · Rocoto · Florina pepper · Pepper
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Capsicum frutescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
