Second, cone pepper, the plant is short, the fruit is conical or cylindrical, most of them grow upward and have spicy taste, such as flat chicken heart pepper;
Third, clustered peppers, with long and narrow leaves, clustered fruits, upward growth, deep red fruit color, thin pulp, strong spicy taste and high oil content, are mostly cultivated as dry peppers, with late maturity and strong heat resistance and virus resistance, such as Guizhou Qixing pepper;
Four, long pepper, plant type from short to large, strong branching, small or medium leaves, fruit generally drooping, long horns, sharp apex, slightly curved, horn-like, angular, linear. Thin or thick flesh, thin and spicy, used for drying, pickling or making Chili sauce, such as Shaanxi pepper; The meat is thick and moderately spicy, suitable for fresh food, such as Changsha horn pepper;
Five, sweet persimmon pepper, weak branches, larger leaves and fruits. According to the growth branching and fruiting habits of pepper, it can also be divided into infinite growth type, limited growth type and partial limited growth type.
1, Introduction
Capsicum annuum L. belongs to Solanaceae and Capsicum. It is an annual or limited perennial herb. Fruit is usually conical or rectangular, green when immature, bright red, green or purple when mature, with red being the most common. The causal skin of pepper contains capsaicin, which is spicy and can stimulate appetite. The content of vitamin C in pepper ranks first among vegetables, which originated in Mexico and was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty. There are also ornamental peppers, round and inedible, with red and purple colors.
2. Geographical distribution
Pepper is native to tropical areas of Central America and Latin America, and its origin is Mexico. In China, they are mainly distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Henan (Xichuan County), Jize County of Hebei Province and Tuoketuo County of Inner Mongolia.