Malagueta pepper
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Malagueta pepper, a variety of Capsicum frutescens, is a type of chili pepper widely used in the Portuguese-speaking world and the Caribbean. It got its name from the unrelated melegueta pepper, an Af
A sayaca tanager feeding on malagueta peppers
Capsicum frutescens
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Capsicum frutescens is a wild chili pepper that has genetic proximity to the cultivated pepper Capsicum chinense. It is native to Central and South America as well as Mexico. Pepper cultivars of C. fr
Malagueta pepper
…Malagueta pepper (Portuguese pronunciation: ), a variety of Capsicum frutescens, is a type of chili pepper widely used in the Portuguese-speaking world (Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Príncipe…
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Green Capsicum frutescens
Capsicum frutescens 'Siling Labuyo' from the Philippines, showing the distinctive erect habit of C. frutescens fruits
Capsicum frutescens 'Hidalgo' flowers