辣椒(capsicum annuum L.),别名番椒、海椒、秦椒、川椒、青椒、辣子、辣茄、椒茄,为茄科辣椒属作物。单叶,互生,叶片卵圆形,无缺裂。花单生或蔟生,白或淡紫色。果未熟时多为青绿色,成熟后一般为红或橙黄色。辣椒在温带地区为一年生草本蔬菜,在热带地区则为多年生木本植物。1 引进种墨西哥早在六七世纪就有关于辣椒的记载了。我国辣椒栽培种,认祖归宗,主要是明朝年间从南美 Chili (capsicum annuum L.), alias pepper, sea peppers, chili, chuanjiao, green pepper, spicy, spicy tomato, pepper tomato, Capsicum is a crop. Leaves single, alternate, leaf oval, no cracks. Flowers solitary or wild, white or lavender. Mostly green when the fruit is unfamiliar, red or orange yellow when mature. Peppers are annual herbals in temperate regions and perennials in the tropics. 1 introduction of species Mexico as early as the sixth and seventh centuries there is chili on record. China pepper cultivars, recognize ancestors, mainly from the South during the Ming Dynasty