Capsicum frutescens L.

No botanical uses.

Capsicum frutescens Linnaeus, Spec. Plant., 189, 1753.
Densely branching, sub-shrubby plant up to about 1.5 m. tall. Leaves alternate, ovate-elliptical, smooth or slightly pubescent, entire, acuminate, petioles mostly 1-2 cm. long.
Flowers small, white, axillary, long-pedicellate. Fruit ovoid, about 2.5 cm. long, bright red when ripe, very pungent.
Introduced but now established and occasional in thickets and cut-over areas (9631, 10026). When in fruit, the plant is very attractive. In Samoa one or more of the ripe fruits are macerated and added to kava to increase its peppery taste. Native names, polo miti, polo magiho.
No. 9631
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Capsicum frutescens L.
Fls. greenish-yellow. In thicket
6 mi. e. of Alofi. 65 m. alt.
Jan. 13, 1940. 'polo magiho'
Coll. T. G. Yuncker
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Capsicum frutescens L.
det. M. Nee, 2007
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Capsicum frutescens



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