Capsicum - Pepper

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Black pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae. The word pepper originated from the Sanskrit word pippali, meaning berry. Pepper is now grown in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Kampuchea as well as the West coast of India, known as Malabar.

Uses

Cancer, Indigetion, cold, cough, viral infection, flu, Pimples, depression.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Rutin, Selenium, Sodium, Sulphur, Vitamins A, B-complex, Vitamin C

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi	Shimla mirch
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Capsicum, Sweet Pepper

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
simple	lternate	elliptical to lanceolate, with smooth margins (entire)

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	around 1.5 cm, or 1 in, in diameter	white	5	flowers are borne singly or, rarely, in pairs in the axils (where leaves join stems)

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
vary	vary	yellow, orange, red, or purple	The fruits are many-seeded berries--pod-like	many	{{{6}}}

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

• Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Bell peppers are warm-season crops and grow best at temperatures between 18 and 30°C (65–86°F)

Commonly seen growing in areas

Temperate, meadows.

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External Links

• capsicum by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
• GUIDE ON GROWING CAPSICUM
• capsicum on encyclopedea of life