Capsicum rhomboideum (Dunal) Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Capsicum

Characteristics

A herb or small shrub. It can grow 2 m tall. The leaves are rounded and hairy. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are small and red when ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Capsicum rhomboideum unspecified picture

Distribution

Capsicum rhomboideum world distribution map, present in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Capsicum rhomboideum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:815795-1
WFO ID wfo-0001020215
COL ID QT88
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Brachistus rhomboideus Brachistus vargasii Capsicum rhomboideum Fregirardia rhomboidea Solanum mendax Witheringia rhomboidea Solanum dumetorum