Green Capsicum
Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum
Order - Solanales
Family - Solanaceae
Names:
Capsicum
Annuum
Green Capsicum because the fruit of this variety is green.
Other Names:
Summary:
A shrub bearing pungent flavoured fruit.
Description:
Cotyledons:
Two.
Leaves:
Stipules -
Petiole -
Blade -
Stems:
Flower head:
Flowers:
Ovary -
Calyx -
Perianth -
Sepals -
Petals -
Stamens -
Anthers -
Fruit:
Seeds:
Roots:
Key Characters:
Biology:
Life cycle:
Biennial shrub.
Physiology:
Reproduction:
By seed.
Flowering times:
Seed Biology and Germination:
Vegetative Propagules:
None.
Hybrids:
Allelopathy:
Population Dynamics and Dispersal:
Spread mainly by intentional planting.
Origin and History:
Central America.
Introduced as a vegetable crop.
Distribution:
ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.
Habitats:
Climate:
Temperate. Mediterranean.
Soil:
Plant Associations:
Significance:
Beneficial:
Fresh salad or cooked vegetable. Ground fruit yield peppers.
Ornamental.
Detrimental:
Toxicity:
Not recorded as toxic probably because of its low palatability.
Legislation:
None.
Management and Control:
Thresholds:
Eradication strategies:
Herbicide resistance:
Biological Control:
Related plants:
Chilli (Capsicum annuum)
Pickersgill (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum)
Red Capsicum (Capsicum annuum)
Capsicum frutescens
Plants of similar appearance:
References:
Lazarides, M. and Hince, B. (1993). CSIRO handbook of economic plants of Australia. (CSIRO, Melbourne). #274.1.
Acknowledgments:
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