Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Capsicum baccatum - Peruvian Pepper
Edible Portion: Leaves, Fruit, Spice, Vegetable
A spreading shrubby plant. It grows 3 m high and spreads 1.5-2 m wide. The leaves are sword shaped and 1.5-3 cm long by 2 -2.5 cm wide. The flowers are white or yellow and 1 cm across and in the axils of leaves. The fruit are small. The fruit is 8-10 mm long by 5 mm across. They are green or red. There are several named cultivated varieties.