Knowra Bell pepper Bell pepper Bell pepper is a mild, hollow-fruited cultivar group of Capsicum annuum, eaten fresh or cooked. Its fruits occur in green, red, yellow, and other colors.
Capsicum annuum : A species of flowering plant that includes bell peppers, many chili peppers, and several other cultivated forms. Bell pepper cultivars belong to this species.
Pepper cultivation : The horticultural practice of growing plants in the genus Capsicum for food or other uses. Growing conditions shape bell pepper yield, fruit quality, and harvest timing.
Chili pepper : A pungent Capsicum fruit used fresh or dried to add heat to food. Chili peppers share the genus but are typically pungent rather than mild.
Domestication of Capsicum : The process by which people selected and cultivated wild Capsicum plants into food crops. Bell peppers descend from the domestication and diversification of Capsicum.
Pepper (fruit) : The fruit of plants in the genus Capsicum, botanically classified as a berry. Bell peppers are one kind of Capsicum fruit.
Fruit ripening : The set of developmental changes that make fruit mature, often altering color, texture, aroma, and taste. Many bell peppers change color and sweetness as they ripen.
Banana pepper : A usually mild, elongated Capsicum fruit commonly pickled or eaten fresh. Its tapered form contrasts with the bell pepper's broad, lobed shape.
Capsicum baccatum : A domesticated Capsicum species native to South America, including cultivars known as ají peppers. It represents a separate domesticated pepper lineage from bell peppers.
Pericarp : The tissue forming the wall of a fruit, developed from the ovary wall after fertilization. Its fleshy wall gives a bell pepper its edible structure.
Green bell pepper : An unripe or less-ripe bell pepper harvested while its fruit is green. Green peppers are commonly harvested before full color development.
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