because nadine ate the pepper family they are in the capsicum family
There are five kinds of chili peppers. Their scientific names are: Capsicum annuum, Capsicum frutescens, Capsicum chinense, Capsicum pubescens, and Capsicum baccatum. But all chili peppers belong to the same family - Solanaceae.
Capsicum is the family of fruit that are known as peppers and Capsaicin is the chemical in the peppers that makes them hot and spicy.
Capsicum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Capsicum pepper seeds are most commonly used to add flavor to a variety of foods.
solanum, same as tomatoes tabaco and eggplants
The scientific name for hot peppers is Capsicum spp.
Chilli peppers, from the genus Capsicum, are members of the Nightshade family Solanaceae
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Edible peppers such as sweet and chili peppers are mainly cultivars of Capsicum annuum.Black Pepper comes from the peppercorns (fruits) of the unrelated flowering vine Piper nigrum.
All chili peppers, from bland sweet bell peppers to Guatemalan insanity peppers that will melt your tongue at twelve paces, are in the genus Capsicum. For that matter, there are only five domesticated species; bell peppers, jalapenos, serranos, Anaheim, and poblanos are all different cultivars (if you think "like dog breeds, but with plants" you won't be far off) of Capsicum annuum, and the small Thai peppers and Tabasco peppers are both Capsicum frutescens. The hottest peppers (habaneros, datils) are usually Capsicum chinense.If you want an exact species name, you need to be more specific than "green chili"; most chili peppers are green when not fully ripe.
Americans call it red pepper, chili pepper and cayenne pepper. Capsicum is the genus name for all peppers that belong to the Nightshade family. It is also the common term in the U.K. and many countries that are former colonies of England for the nonpungent bell pepper.
In the genum Capsicum the taste is from capsasacinoids.
The scientific name is Capsicum annum it is in the same species as Bell peppers.