Bell pepper
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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Bell pepper | image = Capsicum1.jpg | image_width = 220px | image_caption = A variety of colored bell peppers | image2 = Greenpeppers.jpg | image2_width = 220px | image2_caption = Green peppers | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | subclassis = Asteridae | ordo = Solanales | familia = Solanaceae | genus = Capsicum | species = C. annuum | binomial = Capsicum annuum | binomial_authority = L. }} {{Pepper | boxwidth=220px | image=chilli05.jpg | heat=Mild }} Bell pepper is a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum, as are the jalapeño and pimento. The bell pepper refers to the actual fruit, or chile pepper, of the capsicum plant. Outside of the United States bell peppers are commonly called paprika in areas such as Hungary and Japan, capsicums in Malaysia and Australia, and mangoes (or mangos) in parts of the US around southern Ohio, Indiana, and northern Kentucky (and should not be confused with the tropical fruit known properly as a mango). Bell peppers contain a recessive gene that eliminates the capsaicin in the fruit.
The color can be green, red, yellow, orange and, more rarely, white, purple and brown depending on when they are harvested. Specifically, green peppers are unripened bell peppers. Differently-colored peppers have different taste: Green peppers tend to be bitter, orange peppers are slightly bitter, red peppers tend to be sweeter, and yellow peppers are slightly sweet and tangy. Peppers were grown in Central and South America in pre-Columbian times. Pepper seeds were later carried to Spain in 1493 and from there spread to other European and Asian countries.
Per 100g, has about 140mg of Vitamin C.
Trivia
- Chairman Kaga of the Japanese television show, Iron Chef, is often seen at the start of an episode biting into a yellow bell pepper.