Solanaceae
Rocoto
Capsicum pubescens
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Capsicum
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- فليفلة وبرية
- arz
- فليفله وبريه
- Bangla
- ক্যাপসিকাম পিউবসিনস
- Chinese
- 茸毛辣椒, 紫花椒, 絨毛辣椒, 绒毛辣椒
- Czech
- Paprika chlupatá
- Danish
- Rocotopeber
- English
- Rocoto
- Estonian
- Rocoto paprikad
- Finnish
- Rokotopaprika
- French
- Piment rocoto, Rocoto
- German
- Baumchili, Chile Manzano, Locoto, Rocoto
- Hebrew
- פלפל חריף רוקוטו
- Hindi
- शिमला मिर्च
- Hungarian
- Szőrös paprika
- Japanese
- ロコト
- Korean
- 털고추
- Malayalam
- കാപ്സിക്കം പബ്ലെസെൻസ്
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rocotopepper, Locoto, Manzano
- Odia
- ଶିମଳା ମରିଚ
- Portuguese
- Locoto, Rocoto
- Punjabi
- ਵਾਲਦਾਰ ਸ਼ਿਮਲਾ ਮਿਰਚ
- Quechua
- Ruqutu, Chinchi uchu, Chira, Locoto, Loqoto, Luqutu, Rocoto, Roqoto
- Russian
- Стручковый перец опушённый, Перец опушенный, Рокото
- Slovenian
- Rocoto čili, Rocoto
- Spanish
- Locoto, Chile manzano, Chile peron, Chile perón, Rocoto
- Swedish
- Rokotopeppar
- Ukrainian
- Рокото
Synonyms
- Brachistus lanceaefolius Miers
- Brachistus lanceifolius Miers
- Capsicum annuum var. violaceum (Kunth) Voss
- Capsicum annuum var. violaceum (Kunth) Alef.
- Capsicum lanceifolium (Miers) Kuntze
- Capsicum maximowiczii Regel & Rach
- Capsicum pubescens var. oviforme Hassk.
- Capsicum quitense Roem. & Schult.
- Capsicum violaceum Kunth
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March to October (from 33 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, from iNaturalist ![Rocoto: en:Rocoto pepper. Image from [1] . Image taken by JoeCarrasco , who told me by e-mail that he agrees to license it under the GFDL. Lupo 19:50, 24 Feb 2005](/plants/capsicum-pubescens/photos/6b038cc406e24e96-s.webp)
Photo: The original uploader was JoeCarrasco at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Carstor assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: arabella Hernández Quintero, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Maria Luisa Bravo Alarcon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: The original uploader was Lrothc at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Carstor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Carstor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastián Ordóñez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
![Rocoto: en:Rocoto pepper. Image from [1] . Image taken by JoeCarrasco , who told me by e-mail that he agrees to license it under the GFDL. Lupo 19:50, 24 Feb 2005](/plants/capsicum-pubescens/photos/6b038cc406e24e96-l.webp)
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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.