Plant Information

Common Name: CHILLI - BLACK PEARL
Scientific Name: Capsicum species

N/A

R70.00

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Description

• Annual in frost areas
• Compact dwarf cultivar with upright-pointing fruit

Culinary Uses

• Use ripe/ unripe /fresh /dried, as a vegetable /raw/ cooked or stuffed
• Add to vegetables, pickles, chutney, meat, salad, sandwiches, stews, curies,
• marinades, stir-fries and eggs
• Food preservative

Parts Used

• Fruit

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Rich in Vitamin C
• Stimulate appetite
• Cool the body in hot climates
• Tonic and antiseptics
• Stimulates the circulatory (varicose and poor circulation)
• Gastrointestinal detoxifier
• Externally: poultice for sprains, arthritis, unbroken chilblains, neuralgia, lumbago and pleurishy

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