Chili pepper
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Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli, are varieties of berry-fruit plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency. They are
Chili peppers of varied colours and sizes: green bird's eye, yellow Madame Jeanette, red cayenne
Illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu, 1804
Young plants
Buds and flowers
Cayenne pepper
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The cayenne pepper is a type of Capsicum annuum. It is usually a hot chili pepper used to flavor dishes. Cayenne peppers are a group of tapering, 10 to 25 cm long, generally skinny, mostly red-colored
A large red cayenne
Thai peppers, a cayenne-type pepper
Capsicum frutescens