Capsicum cardenasii | |
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C. cardenasii plant with immature fruit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Solanaceae |
Genus: | Capsicum |
Species: | C. cardenasii
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Binomial name | |
Capsicum cardenasii Heiser & P.G.Sm.
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Capsicum cardenasii is a plant species in the genus Capsicum and the family Solanaceae. It is a diploid with 2n=2x=24. It is a member within the C. pubescens complex, a group of closely related Capsicum species. It is closely related to C. eximium. It is native to the Andes, and it can be found in Bolivia and Peru. [1] The native name is ulupica. [2]
Capsicum cardenasii, like most members of the Pubescens complex, is a perennial plant that develops woody stems. The plant can grow up 2–3 feet high with a width of 1-1.5 feet. The leaves are narrow, lanceolate and pubescent. Plants generally produce between 1 and 2 flowers at the internodes. The petioles grow erect and have campanulate, pendant flowers. [3] The corolla is white and purple colored. [2] The plant produces small, fleshy, red fruit. It is likely the wild ancestor of rocoto peppers. [4]
The plant requires a cool, freeze free environment and long growing season similar to its native environment in the Andes. [1]
After fertilization C. cardenasii develops small round red berries, sometimes referred to as chiltepins. The fruits contain a small number of seed. The fruit are pungent, near 30 000 SHU ( Scoville Heat Units), making them quite spicy.[ citation needed]
Capsicum cardenasii is self-incompatible, and exhibits unilateral incompatibility with species outside the pubescens clade. [5]
Its primary use is as a spice. Many wild Capsicums exhibit disease resistance of interest to plant breeders. C. cardenasii has been shown to be resistant to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), and there is a possibility that one day this resistance may be transferred to other capsicum species through breeding. [2]
Capsicum cardenasii | |
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C. cardenasii plant with immature fruit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Solanaceae |
Genus: | Capsicum |
Species: | C. cardenasii
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Binomial name | |
Capsicum cardenasii Heiser & P.G.Sm.
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Capsicum cardenasii is a plant species in the genus Capsicum and the family Solanaceae. It is a diploid with 2n=2x=24. It is a member within the C. pubescens complex, a group of closely related Capsicum species. It is closely related to C. eximium. It is native to the Andes, and it can be found in Bolivia and Peru. [1] The native name is ulupica. [2]
Capsicum cardenasii, like most members of the Pubescens complex, is a perennial plant that develops woody stems. The plant can grow up 2–3 feet high with a width of 1-1.5 feet. The leaves are narrow, lanceolate and pubescent. Plants generally produce between 1 and 2 flowers at the internodes. The petioles grow erect and have campanulate, pendant flowers. [3] The corolla is white and purple colored. [2] The plant produces small, fleshy, red fruit. It is likely the wild ancestor of rocoto peppers. [4]
The plant requires a cool, freeze free environment and long growing season similar to its native environment in the Andes. [1]
After fertilization C. cardenasii develops small round red berries, sometimes referred to as chiltepins. The fruits contain a small number of seed. The fruit are pungent, near 30 000 SHU ( Scoville Heat Units), making them quite spicy.[ citation needed]
Capsicum cardenasii is self-incompatible, and exhibits unilateral incompatibility with species outside the pubescens clade. [5]
Its primary use is as a spice. Many wild Capsicums exhibit disease resistance of interest to plant breeders. C. cardenasii has been shown to be resistant to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), and there is a possibility that one day this resistance may be transferred to other capsicum species through breeding. [2]