Cayenne Chile Pepper seed Capsicum annuum Long Slim
LATIN NAME: Capsicum annuum
COMMON NAME: Cayenne Pepper
The cayenne pepper is the long, hot red of the warm kitchen, and the slender fruits hang from the bushy plants. The upright, bushy, annual or short-lived perennial plant carries the oval leaves and the small, white, star-shaped flowers through the warm season, to be followed by the long, slender, slightly curved fruits that ripen through the bright red. The fruits carry the fine, clean heat of the warm kitchens, and the plant is a fine, generous presence of the warm vegetable garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, rich, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The cayenne pepper is a hot, useful subject of the plant science, and the slender fruits keep showing up in the work on the chilli group. The chemistry of the heat, which is measured and studied in the capsaicin of the fruits, has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the pungent compounds, the chilli genetics and the members of the nightshade family. The oval leaves and the upright, bushy habit have also made it a fine crop plant, and the cayenne pepper is a regular subject of the work on the hot fruits of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The cayenne pepper is a fine, generous plant of the warm kitchen garden. The long, slender fruits ripen through the bright red, carrying the fine, clean heat of the warm kitchens, fresh into the salsas and the stir-fries, dried and ground into the cayenne powder of the spice shelf. The small, white flowers open through the warm season, drawing the bees, and the bushy plants hang with the red fruits through the late summer. It is one of the fine choices for the warm vegetable garden, the pot and the spice bed, and the heat keeps the kitchen interesting through the season. It has been written about in the culinary and the agricultural papers for the red fruits and the fine, clean heat, and it is a fine, generous plant of the open, sunny, rich, well-drained garden.
The cayenne pepper is one of the hot fruits of the warm kitchen, and the red fruits dry into the powder of the spice shelf. The bushy plants hang with the slender fruits through the late summer.
To grow the cayenne pepper from seed, sow the small, flat seeds a centimetre down in a pot of loose, free-draining soil, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out after the last frosts. The seedlings are up within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the rich, well-drained ground, the red fruits will hang through the late summer.
Uses: Culinary/Medicinal
Red hot chiles, 5-10cm/2-4cm long and 1cm/0.5cm in diameter, are indispensable in Mexican, Indonesian and Italian dishes. Dried powder adds zest and piquancy to soups, sauces, egg and meat dishes. Valuable home remedy with stimulant, blood pressure-regulating, digestive and anti-flatulent properties. Ground pods and a little soap in water is a useful insect-repellent for the garden. Heat: 8.