Solanaceae

Cayenne pepper

Capsicum annuum L.

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Capsicum

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Cayenne pepper (Capsicum annuum) — FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (88)

aeb: فلفل
Afrikaans: Paprika
Akan: Mako
Albanian: Speci
Arabic: فليفلة حولية, شطة, فلفل أحمر, فلفل حار, فلفل رومي, فلفل شطة
Armenian: Տաքդեղ
arz: فليفله حوليه
Azerbaijani: Saplaqlı istiot, Birillik istiot
ba: Ҡыҙыл борос
bar: Peperóni, Paprika
Basque: Piper
Belarusian: Перац агароднінны
bjn: Paprika
Bosnian: Paprika
Bulgarian: Пипер
Burmese: ငရုတ်ပင်
Cantonese: 番椒
Catalan: Pebrotera
cdo: Huăng-ciĕu
Chinese: 辣椒, 小米辣, 指天椒, 朝天椒（变种）, 牛角椒, 簇生椒, 米椒, 辣椒叶
Corsican: Pivaronu
crh: Búber, Dolmalîk-búber, Kîrmîzî-búber, Turşuluk-búber
Croatian: Jednogodišnja paprika
cv: Хутаçлă пĕрçуллăх пăрăç
Czech: Paprika setá, Paprika roční
Danish: Spansk Peber
dtp: Lado Tagayo
Dutch: Paprika, Spaanse peper
English: Cayenne pepper, Pepper
Estonian: Harilik paprika
Ewe: Atadi
Finnish: Paprika, Ruokapaprika
French: Piment, Poivron
frr: Paprika, Spoonsk pöber
Galician: Pementeira, Pemento
German: Paprika, Spanischer Pfeffer
Greek: Πιπεριά
gur: Nanzu'usi
hak: Tshiâng-tséu, 青椒
Hausa: Barkono
Hebrew: פלפל
Hungarian: Közönséges paprika, Termesztett paprika
hyw: Պղպեղ
Indonesian: Paprika
inh: Сибаз
Japanese: トウガラシ, 唐辛子
Kazakh: Қызыл бұрыш
kg: Pili-pili ya Mputu
Kinyarwanda: Puwavuro
Korean: 고추, 당추
Kurdish: Hîçhar
kus: Nanzʋ'ʋs
lad: Piminton
Latvian: Dārzeņpipars
Lithuanian: Vienametė paprika
Macedonian: Пиперка
Malay: Cili besar
Malayalam: വറ്റൽ മുളക്, മുളക്
mwl: Ñoura, Pomiento
nia: Bua Lada
Norwegian Bokmål: Paprika, Spansk pepper
Norwegian Nynorsk: Paprika
Persian: فلفل آنوم
Polish: Papryka roczna
Portuguese: Pimento, Pimentão, Noras
Quechua: Wata uchu
Romanian: Ardei
rup: Pipercâ
Russian: Стручковый перец, Перец овощной, Перец стручковый, Болгарский перец, Капсикум однолетний, Красный перец, Паприка, Перец болгарский
sat: ᱢᱟᱹᱨᱤᱪ
sc: Piberone
Serbian: Паприка
sg: Kötä-ndôngô
shn: တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၽိတ်ႉ
Slovak: Paprika ročná
Slovenian: Paprika
Spanish: Pimiento morrón, Ají, Chile
Swedish: Spanskpeppar
Tajik: Қаламфур
Tamil: சீமை மிளகாய்
Telugu: కాప్సికం ఆనం
Thai: พริกชี้ฟ้า
Ukrainian: Стручковий перець звичайний, Болгарський перець, Паприка, Солодкий перець, Червоний перець
Uyghur: مۇچ
Uzbek: Shirin qalampir
Welsh: Pupryn melys, C. rubella
wuu: 辣椒
za: Lwgmanh

Synonyms

Capsicum annuum f. annuum
Capsicum annuum subsp. annuum
Capsicum annuum var. aviculare (Dierb.) D'Arcy & Eshbaugh
Capsicum annuum var. grossum (L.) Kuntze
Capsicum chlorocarpum Kuntze
Capsicum frutescens var. grossum L.H.Bailey
Capsicum grossum L.
Capsicum hispidum var. hispidum
Capsicum indicum var. grossum (L.) Dierb.
Capsicum leucocarpum Kuntze
Capsicum luteum Kuntze
Capsicum violaceum Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: March to January (from 203 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Spiros Baracos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thesi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: CH Hemphill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ashis nimasangay Tamu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.