The family Solanaceae, genus Capsicum. It is an annual or limited perennial herb. The fruit is usually conical or oblong, green when immature and bright red, green or purple when mature, with red being the most common. The fruits of chili peppers have a spicy flavor due to the capsaicin contained in the rind, which enhances appetite. The content of vitamin C in chili peppers is the first in vegetables, native to Mexico, introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty. There are also appreciate pepper, round, inedible, color red, purple and so on.
1, Yunnan : shabu shabu hot, millet hot, Meng Ding morning glory pepper, that knife hot, pepper, small bird hot, Qubei chili?
2, Sichuan Chongqing : Chao Tian Pepper, Er Jing Zi (spicy and burnt)
3, Guizhou ?
2, Chongqing, Sichuan: ChaoTian Pepper, ErJingZhi (spicy and burnt)
3, Guizhou? Huaxi pepper, shrimp pepper, cattle field pepper, chicken claw spicy, ox horn pepper (dry spicy)?
4, Hunan? :? Chaotian pepper, Shaoyang dry chili (salty and sour spicy)
5, Xinjiang? :? Large chili peppers (Yidu red, Wangdu red, thread pepper, Jinta, rose red)
6, Tibet? :? Long pepper, cone pepper
7, Hainan: yellow lantern pepper
8, Guangxi: days and so on pepper
More common are:?
A, five-color pepper: berries to large and round is good, fruit stalks erect, scattered. The first green, then gradually change white, with purple halo to red, quite dazzling.
Second, Buddha's hand pepper: berries finger-shaped, fruit stalks erect, a branch often more than a dozen clusters, the first white after the red color.
Three, Chao Tian Pepper: berry elongated, fruiting peduncle erect, scattered, the first green after turning red.
Four, cherry peppers: berries spherical, end sometimes slightly pointed, a branch often clusters of a dozen, from green to red.
Color Star ornamental pepper:
1, color star pepper is cherry pepper type screened out of the excellent varieties, disease resistance. In Xichang area open field cultivation plant height 50 ~ 70 cm, pot plant height 15 ~ 30 cm. plant dwarf compact, small, lanceolate leaves, 7 ~ 9 cm long, 8 ~ 10 cm wide, green. There are 5~10 flowers, clustered, corolla white or lavender. The fruit is 2~4 cm long and about 1 cm wide, small conical, with the top of the fruit upward, showing rich colors depending on the maturity, green, yellow-green, yellow, orange, orange-red and red.
2, the fruit is small and numerous, single fruit mass of 1.2 g or so, fruiting nodes in the 9 ~ 11 nodes, ornamental value is very high, sowing to fruit ripening for 180 days or so, ornamental period is longer, can be potted plants, flower beds and ornamental flower beds, but also can be eaten, the fruit flavor is spicy with sweet. Prefer warmth, light, fertilizer, not cold, requires fertile sandy loam soil, the appropriate temperature for growth is 15 ~ 35 ℃.
Mondusa ornamental pepper:
1, Mondusa pepper, strong resistance to disease, in Xichang area open field cultivation plant height of 50 ~ 60 cm, potted plant height of 15 ~ 20 cm. Elegant and compact plant, crown slightly larger than the plant height. The leaf blade is lanceolate, 7~9 cm long, 2~4 cm wide, dark green. There are 8~20 flowers, clustered, with white corolla and strong branching.
2. The color of the fruit changes gradually depending on the maturity, starting with light green, then light yellow, yellow, orange-red, and finally red, and the shape of the fruit is novel, narrow, twisted ram's horns, the fruit length is 8-9 cm, width is about 1 cm, the mass of a single fruit is about 2.2 g, the fruiting nodes are at 8-10 nodes, and the fruits are clustered upwards at the top of the plant, which is of relatively high ornamental value. Sowing to fruit maturity for about 150 days, ornamental period is relatively long, spring and fall can be sown, can be used as potted plants for ornamental purposes, can also be eaten, slightly spicy with a little sweet. Prefer warm, afraid of frost, avoid high temperatures, the growth of suitable temperature 15 ~ 35 ℃.
Peach ornamental pepper:
1, Peach Pepper, strong resistance to disease, in Xichang area open field cultivation plant height 40 ~ 50 cm, potted plant height 30 ~ 40 cm. plant type natural compact, crown slightly larger than the plant height. The leaf blade is lanceolate, 6~8 cm long, 2~4 cm wide, and dark green. There are 3~8 flowers, clustered, with white corolla and good branching.
2, fruit colorful, ripe fruit is red, mini peach-shaped, fruit top up, fruit length 3 ~ 5 cm, width 1 cm or so, single fruit mass of 3.9 g or so, fruit node is higher, in the 13 ~ 14 nodes, the fruit is more concentrated, ripe fruits are like bright red peach gathered in the middle of the end of the branch, below the green leaves to support, ornamental value is relatively high, the fertility period of 210 days or so, ornamental period Very long, spring and fall can be sown, can be used as potted plants for ornamental purposes, can also be eaten, slightly spicy. Peach peppers like temperature, afraid of frost, avoid high temperature, the growth of the appropriate temperature of 25 ~ 30 ℃, light requirements are not strict.
Geographic distribution
1, chili peppers are native to tropical areas of Central Latin America, the country of origin is Mexico. In China, it is mainly distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Henan (Xichuan County), Jize County in Hebei Province and Toketo County in Inner Mongolia.?
2. The original distribution area of this species is from Mexico to Columbia; it is now commonly cultivated in various countries of the world.
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