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Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Capsicums probably origin<strong>at</strong>ed in sou<strong>the</strong>astern Bolivia<br />

into <strong>the</strong> Brazilian cerrado, C. annuum var. annuum probably was<br />

domestic<strong>at</strong>ed in Mesoamerica, though varieties have emerged<br />

throughout tropical and subtropical America and beyond —<br />

ancho/poblano from near Pueblo, Mexico; serrano from central<br />

Mexico, perhaps in <strong>the</strong> mountains north <strong>of</strong> Pueblo; jalapeño from<br />

Mexico; paprika from Mesoamerica; cayenne possibly from French<br />

Guiana<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Andrews 1992, Andrews 1995, Andrews 1998,<br />

D’Arcy 1987a, Dille and Belsinger 1994, Duke and Vásquez 1994,<br />

Eshbaugh 1980, Eshbaugh 1993, Eshbaugh et al. 1983, Guia Rural<br />

n.d., IBGE 1980, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Loaiza-Figueroa et al. 1989, Nee<br />

1986, Niembro Rocas 1992, OAS 1973, Pickersgill 1969, Pickersgill<br />

1984, Pickersgill 1988, Purseglove 1972, Robbins 1992, von Reis<br />

Altschul and Lipp 1982<br />

Capsicum annuum L. var. aviculare (Dierbach) D’Arcy & Eshbaugh [syn.<br />

C.a. var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill, C.a. var.<br />

minimum (Miller) Heiser, C. frutescens L. var. frutescens, C.<br />

hispidum var. glabriusculum Dunal, C. indicum var. aviculare<br />

Dierbach, C. minimum Miller]<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: arbol chili (long cv.), bird chili, bird pepper, bird’s-eye<br />

pepper, Brazil pepper (long cv.), chilpiquín, chiltecpin, chiltepin<br />

(short cv.), fish-eye pepper, long bird-pepper, pinhead pepper,<br />

piquin, short bird-pepper, tepin (small round), tree chili (long<br />

cv.), tree pepper (long cv.)<br />

PORTUGUESE: malagueta (generally refers to C.a. var. frutescens),<br />

murupi (generally applied to cultivars <strong>of</strong> C. chinense), pimenta-demesa,<br />

quau-chile<br />

SPANISH: ají pajarito, amash, amomo, chicniqui, chile amomo, chile<br />

bravo, chile Chiapas, chile chiltepe, chile congo, chile de iguana,<br />

chile de árbol, chile de pájaro, chile de perro, chile del monte,<br />

chile enano, chile max, chile montero, chile mosquito, chile<br />

parado, chile pepe, chile piquín (short cv.), chile pulga, chile<br />

silvestre, chili piquín (short cv.), chilillo pequeño, chilipiquín<br />

(short cv.), chillipiliento, chilpaya, chilpiquín, chiltecpín, cola<br />

de r<strong>at</strong>a, chiltepec, chiltepillo, chiltepín, chiltepiquín,<br />

chiltipiquín, diente de tlacuache, estiércol de pájaro, guindilla,<br />

huarahuao, imiá, kabur, korí sivre, max, max-ic, pájaro pequeño,<br />

parado, pico de pájaro, pico de paloma, piquén, piquín, sibili,<br />

sivuli, skapín, tecpintle, tempenchile, tepín, tlilchilli,<br />

totocuitl<strong>at</strong>l de pájaro, ululte<br />

USES/NOTES: Highly variable in size from small, ovoid or conical to<br />

long and thin, very hot red fruits are used as a piquant condiment.<br />

Leaves may be used as a po<strong>the</strong>rb. Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ion began before 3,500<br />

B.C. Today, although some landraces are considered semidomestic<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

and o<strong>the</strong>rs are cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed, fruit from wild popul<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

are harvested in <strong>the</strong> Sonoran Desert region and likely in o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

places as well. Two basic cultivars are recognized: <strong>the</strong> short bird-<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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