Pimiento peppers also known as cherry peppers is a perennial herbaceous shrub that has a smooth, conical or heart shaped about 3 to 5 inches long and 2 to 2½ inches wide fruit which has thick, sweet, red to reddish yellow flesh and is sweet, succulent in taste. Because of its higher nutritional value and amazing taste it is found used in several food items throughout the world since ancient times.
| Name | Pimiento pepper |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Capsicum annuum |
| Native | Native to southern North America and northern South America |
| Common/English Name | Pimento, cherry pepper or Sheep Nose |
| Name in Other Languages | Nepal : Bhede Khursani Afrikaans : Rissie Egypt : Felfel Achdar Amharic : Yafranj Karya Galician : Pementón Arabic : Fulful Baladî Lithuanian : Paprika Uzbek : Qalampir Austria : Paprika Tajik : Qalamfur Basque : Piperrautsa Spanish : Ají Belgium : Peper Philippines : Sili ( Bikol ) Bulgarian : Cherven Piper Romanian : Ardei Croatian : Paprika Albanian : Specë Czech : Paprika Danish : Chilipeber Iraq : Fil fi l Swahili : Mpilipili Dutch : Paprika Thai : Prik Yuak Estonian : Harilik Parika Tigrinya : Gue Kazakh : Burış French : Piment Annuel Armenian : Garmir Bghbegh Georgian : Bulgaruli Laos : Mak Pet Nyai German : Cayennepfeffer Hebrew : Pilpel Maldive Islands : Rihamirus ( Dhivehi ) Yiddish: Paprike Hungarian : Bell Paprika India : Molar ( Gujarati ) Portuguese : Colorau Indonesia : Cabai Swiss : Poivre D’espagne Farsi : Paprika Turkish : Biber Italian : Peperone Azeri : İstiot Japanese : Banshō Esperanto : Paprika Korean : Namcho Catalan : Pebrotera Lebanese : Felfel Lelece Vietnamese : Ot Macedonia : Piper Slovencina : Paprika Malaysia : Cabai Finnish : Paprika Maltese : Bżar Ikkulurit Swedish : Paprika Icelandic : Paprikuduft Norwegian : Paprika Chinese : Chiao-Tzu Papiamento : Promenton Greek : Pipera Polish : Papryka Brazil : Pimenta Russian : Perets Krasnyj Breton : Pimant Dous Serbian : Paprika Latvian : Dārzeņpipari Quechuan : Uchu |
| Plant Growth Habit | Small, branched, mostly erect, annual or perennial herbaceous shrub |
| Growing Climate | Productive in dry and warm climates without winter frosts |
| Soil | Well structured, well drained, friable, sandy loam |
| Plant Size | 30–80cm tall |
| Root | Short or deep tap root |
| Stem | Glabrescent, densely branched |
| Leaf | Alternate, solitary or paired; petiole 4–7cm; leaf blade oblong ovate, ovate, or ovate lanceolate, 4–13 × 1.5–4cm, glabrescent, base narrowed, margin entire and wavy, apex short acuminate or acute |
| Flower | Small, off-white, (sometimes purplish) pendent. |
| Fruit Shape & Size | Berries large, heart-shaped that measures 3 to 4 in (7 to 10 cm) long and 2 to 3 in (5 to 7 cm) wide |
| Fruit Color | Green that mature to bright red. |
| Flesh Color | Thick, red to reddish yellow colored |
| Flavor/aroma | Mild, sweet flavor |
| Taste | Sweet, succulent |
| Seed | Pale yellow, discoid or reniform, 3–5 mm across. |
| Major Nutrition | Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) 163 mg (181.11%) Iron, Fe 3.23 mg (40.38%) Vitamin A, RAE 255 µg (36.43%) Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) 0.413 mg (31.77%) Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 15.9 µg (13.25%) Copper, Cu 0.094 mg (10.44%) Total dietary Fiber 3.6 g (9.47%) Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.115 mg (8.85%) Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 1.32 mg (8.80%) Manganese, Mn 0.177 mg (7.70%) |
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| Calories in 1cup (192 gm) | 44 Kcal |