Pepper contains 32 calories per 100 grams.

Chili pepper is a vegetable, in daily life is a relatively common condiment, its heat is not high, per 100 grams of only 32 calories, the nutritional value of chili pepper is relatively rich, including vitamin C is one of the highest content of vegetables.

Per 100 grams of chili pepper vitamin C content of up to 198 milligrams, ranking first in the vegetable. Vitamin B, carotene and calcium, iron and other minerals are also rich. Chili pepper is also a very stimulating food, is the favorite of many people, especially the Sichuan people eat spicy is notorious.

Chili peppers are native to the tropical regions of Central and South America, Mexico cultivation is very prosperous, in the late 16th century was introduced into China, and now there are cultivated throughout China, widely distributed in Yunnan. Pepper is a temperature-loving crop, frost intolerant, drought-resistant, barren force is strong; leaves are small, suitable for clump planting and dense planting, the adaptability of the soil is broader.

Types of chili peppers:

1, pepper

The plant is stout and tall. Leaves are torque-rounded or ovate, 10 to 13 centimeters long. Fruiting pedicels erect or drooping, fruit large, subglobose, cylindrical or compressed globose, more longitudinal grooves, apical truncated or slightly sunken, the base truncated and often slightly concave inward, taste not spicy and slightly sweet or slightly peppery flavor.

It is cultivated in both north and south China, and the peppers usually sold on the market are this variety.

2, Chao Tian Pepper

Plant body more dichotomous branches. Leaves are 4-7 centimeters long, ovate. Flowers are often borne singly between the bifurcation, pedicels erect, flowers slightly drooping, corolla white or purplish. Fruiting pedicels and fruit are erect, the fruit is small, conical, about 1.5 cm long, red or purple when ripe, taste very spicy.

It is cultivated in both north and south China, and is often cultivated as a bonsai in the masses.

3, clustered pepper

Plant up to 1 meter high. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, petiole slender. Flowers are often solitary in the lower branches, and several flowers (up to 8~10 and several leaves together in a cluster) at the top of the branches due to the extremely shortened internodes, the pedicels are thin, erect or obliquely ascending, and the flowers are slightly drooping. Fruiting pedicels stout, erect, berries finger-like or conical, 4-10 cm long, slightly bowed, borne upright on the pedicel, ripening into a red color, taste very spicy.

It is cultivated in both north and south China, usually as a bonsai or grown in small quantities as a vegetable or condiment.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chili Pepper