Stats

Lifespan: Annual
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Tropical dry forest
Range: Central and South America
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

The bell pepper is the only cultivar of Capsicum annuum that produces zero capsaicin, making it uniquely sweet among all chili peppers. Its thick, crisp walls ripen from green through yellow to red, with red peppers containing nearly eleven times more beta-carotene than their unripe green counterparts.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Capsicum
Species: Capsicum annuum