Capsicum.Cayenne.Red Pepper.Capsicum Annuum and Capsicum Frutescens.

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Botanical Basic Data of Capsicum:Cayenne,Red Pepper.

Capsicum Annuum Extract Capsicum Frutescens Extract INCI Name EINECS ELINCS No 288-920-0.288-920-0CAS 85940-30-3.8023-77-6 Capsicum Extract Cayene Pepper extract Red Pepper Extract Capsaicine Capsaicin photo picture image Scientific name:Capsicum annuum L., Capsicum frutescens L.
 Family:Solanaceae
 Common Names:Capsicum, chili pepper, hot pepper, cayenne, red pepper, tabasco paprika pepper, sweet pepper, bell pepper, green pepper (Rosengarten, 1969).
 Herbs: Herbs: Cayenne (Capsicum Frutescens)
 Botanical: Capsicum Frutescens
 Common name:Capsicum(Cayenne,Red Pepper)
 Synonyms:Red Pepper, Bird Pepper, African Bird Pepper ,African Pepper,Chillies,Bird Pepper,African Chillies,Cayenne,Capsicum
 Part Used:Fruit, ripe and dried.
 Habitat:Zanzibar,but now grown in most tropical and sub-tropical countries.
 Capsicum Annuum Extract Capsicum Frutescens Extract INCI Name EINECS ELINCS No 288-920-0.288-920-0CAS 85940-30-3.8023-77-6 Capsicum Extract Cayene Pepper extract Red Pepper Extract Capsaicine Capsaicin photo picture image

 Definition:Capsicum consists of the dried ripe fruits of Capsicum minimum Roxb. (Fam. Solanaceae), a small erect shrub indigenous to tropical America and cultivated in South America and Africa. Capsicum contains a crystalline pungent principle capsaicin, traces of a liquid alkaloid, red colouring matter and a fatty oil. B.P.C. (1973., p. 72,Martindale, 26th Edn., p. 1235.)

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