Capsicum chinense
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Capsicum chinense (syn. Capsicum sinense) is a species of chile peppers that includes the following varieties:
- Adjuma (Suriname)
- Ají Limo or Naucho (Peru)
- Ají dulce (Venezuela)
- Datil (Florida)
- Fatalii (South central Africa)
- Habanero chile (Cuba and Yucatán)
- Habanero cultivar Red Savina pepper
- Madame Jeanette (Haiti)
- Naga Jolokia cultivar Dorset Naga pepper
- Naga Jolokia pepper (India)
- Scotch bonnet (Jamaica)
Capsicum chinense or "Chinese capsicum" is a misnomer since all capsica originate in the New World. Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817), a Dutch botanist, erroneously named the species in 1776, because he believed that they originated in China.[1]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Bosland, P.W. 1996. Capsicums: Innovative uses of an ancient crop. p. 479-487. In: J. Janick (ed.), Progress in new crops. ASHS Press, Arlington, VA.
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