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Green-chilli

Capsicum is a popular species cultivated world wide. Despite being a single species, the capsicum annum has many forms, with a variety of names, even in the same language.

Uses

Cold, Fever, Asthma, Digestive problems, Skin eruptions, Sprains, Unbroken chilblains, Neuralgia, Pleurisy

Parts Used

Flowers, Fruits, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Capsaicin, a red colouring matter, oleic, palmitic and stearic acids^[1]

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.

Dravya

Rasa

Katu

Guna

Laghu, Ruksha

Veerya

Ushna

Vipaka

Katu

Karma

Kapvata shamaka, Pitta vardhaka

Prabhava

Habit

Stout herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	alternate	Elliptical to lanceolate, with smooth margins (entire)

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	around 1.5 cm	Yellow	5	The small flowers are borne singly or, rarely, in pairs in the axils

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Berries pod	7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome	Ripening to green, yellow, orange, red, or purple	But with no sutures—that vary considerably in size and shape	many	{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Capsicums (Capsicum annuum) and chillies (Capsicum frutescens) are cultivated as annual vegetables while the edible parts are botanically fruit.^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Landscape in vegetable gardens, Landscape as cultivated

Photo Gallery

References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] "Phytochemicals and Constituents of Capsicum"

[Leaf-2] "brief summary of chillis"

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] "Growing capsicums and chillies"

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 '''Capsicum''' is a popular species cultivated world wide. Despite being a single species, the capsicum annum has many forms, with a variety of names, even in the same language.
 ==Uses==
-{{Uses|Cold}}, {{Uses|Fevers}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Digestive problems}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Sprains}}, {{Uses|Unbroken chilblains}}, {{Uses|Neuralgia}}, {{Uses|Pleurisy}}
+{{Uses|Cold}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Digestive problems}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Sprains}}, {{Uses|Unbroken chilblains}}, {{Uses|Neuralgia}}, {{Uses|Pleurisy}}
 ==Parts Used==