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Capsicum conicum

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Name

Identification
Capsicum conicum Dunal [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, null Verified by Data not digitized,
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Flora

Entry for CAPSICUM annuum Linn. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 207, (1905) Author: (By C. H. Wright.)
Names
CAPSICUM annuum Linn. [family SOLANACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. i. 188. —Fingerhuth, Monogr. Caps. 12, t. 2; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 412; Hook. Niger Fl. 472; Bentl. & Trim. Med. Pl. t. 189; J. Braun in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 173; var. conoides, Irish in Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1898, 65.
CAPSICUM conoides Mill. [family SOLANACEAE], Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 8; Dunal, l.c. 414; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 351.
CAPSICUM conicum Oliver var. orientale [family SOLANACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 118.
Vallia-capo-molago Rheede [family ], Hort. Malab. ix. 65, t. 35.
Information
Herbaceous, rarely suffrutescent, 2–5 ft. high; branches many, erect, angular, glabrous. Leaves ovate-acuminate to oblong, 2–3 in. long, 3/4–2 in. wide, pubescent on the under surface of the midrib; petiole about 1/2 in. long. Flowers solitary or in pairs; peduncle slightly enlarged upwards. Calyx cup-shaped, usually embracing the base of the fruit, obscurely toothed. Corolla about 1/2 in. in diam., greenish-white; lobes 5–6, ovate, acuminate, often inflexed at the apex. Ovary ovoid attenuate, smooth. Berry oblong-linear, acute, usually less than 1 1/2 in. long, on peduncles of about equal length.
Distribution
Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Vogel.Sudan Nile Land Khartoum, Petherick!Congo South Central Monbuttu; Munza, Schweinfurth, 3360!German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Amboni, Holst, 2707!Togo Upper Guinea Braun.Nigeria Upper Guinea Nupe, Barter, 522!Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper, 2250!Uganda Nile Land Unyoro, Speke & Grant! near Lake Hafuru, 3000 ft., Dawe, 472!Rhodesia Mozamb. Dist. Shesheke on the Zambesi, Kirk!

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