Capsicum frutescens L.

Medicinal parts:Leaf

Native to:Bolivia, Brazil West-Central

Introduced into:Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Chad, Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madeira, Malawi, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tunisia, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wake I., West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Homotypic Synonyms:Capsicum annuum var. frutescens (L.) Alef. 

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