Capsicum frutescens
கோல்கொண்டா மிளகாய்കാന്താരിമുളക്
Capsicum frutescens L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.5 m
- wide
- 53 cm
Solanaceae
Formerly Capsicum conoideum, Capsicum crispum, Capsicum curvipes, Capsicum fastigiatum, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Mexico to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.2 m to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 46 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Chinese
- 小米辣
- Slovenian
- grmasta paprika
- Simplified Chinese
- 垂枝风铃辣椒
- Traditional Chinese
- 小米椒, 雞心辣椒
- Tamil
- கோல்கொண்டா மிளகாய், காந்தாரி மிளகாய்
- Malayalam
- കാന്താരിമുളക്
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Capsicum frutescens (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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