botanical record · discovered
Cayenne
Capsicum frutescens
Cayenne · Chili · Tabasco · Hot Pepper · Spur Pepper · Red Chili · African Chilli · African Pepper · Aji · Aji caballero (ES); Bird pepper · Aji picante · Ají tití · Bird Pepper · Cabe Rawit · Capsicum · Cayenne pepper · Chile Tabasco · Chilies · Chilipeper · Chilli Bean · Chillies · Donni sali · Flerårig spanskpeppar · Green Chilli · Guinea Pepper
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Trinidad, India(Santal), Samoa, Gabon, Mongolia, Turkey, Tonga, Panama(Cuna)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Ear), Ague, Antibiotic, Antidote
Science studied: ACETIC-ACID, ANTHERAXANTHIN, ASPARAGINE, BARIUM
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Solanaceae
Scientific name: Capsicum frutescens
Common names: Cayenne, Chili, Tabasco, Hot Pepper, Spur Pepper, Red Chili, African Chilli, African Pepper, Aji, Aji caballero (ES); Bird pepper, Aji picante, Ají tití, Bird Pepper, Cabe Rawit, Capsicum, Cayenne pepper, Chile Tabasco, Chilies, Chilipeper, Chilli Bean, Chillies, Donni sali, Flerårig spanskpeppar, Green Chilli, Guinea Pepper
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Trinidad, India(Santal), Samoa, Gabon, Mongolia, Turkey, Tonga and 8 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Ear)
- Ague
- Antibiotic
- Antidote
- Antidote(Poison)
- Asthma
- Baldness
- Boil
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- Breathlessness
- Cancer(Nose)
- Carcinoma
- Carminative
- Chest-Cold
- Cholera
- Cold
- Collyrium
- Conjunctivitis
- Tuberculosis
- Cough
- Digestive
- Dropsy
- Dyspepsia
- Dysuria
- Evil eye
- Fumitory
- Gargle
- Gonorrhea
- Intoxication
- Jaundice
- Repellant(Shark)
- Rubefacient
- Scald
- Skin
- Sore
- Sore(Throat)
- Spice
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Tumor
- Typhus
- Vertigo
- Vesicant
- Tonic
- Ache(Head)
- Bite(Snake)
- Bronchitis
- Chest
- Chill
- Dandruff
- Malaria
- Phthisis
- Psychedelic
- Throat
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Trinidad
- India(Santal)
- Samoa
- Gabon
- Mongolia
- Turkey
- Tonga
- Panama(Cuna)
- India
- Philippines(Ifugao)
- US(NM)
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- Philippines
- US
- Iraq
- Mexico(Aztec)
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Ear)
- Ague
- Antibiotic
- Antidote
- Antidote(Poison)
- Asthma
- Baldness
- Boil
- Breathlessness
- Cancer(Nose)
- Carcinoma
- Carminative
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- Chest-Cold
- Cholera
- Cold
- Collyrium
- Conjunctivitis
- Tuberculosis
- Cough
- Digestive
- Dropsy
- Dyspepsia
- Dysuria
- Evil eye
- Fumitory
- Gargle
- Gonorrhea
- Intoxication
- Jaundice
- Repellant(Shark)
- Rubefacient
- Scald
- Skin
- Sore
- Sore(Throat)
- Spice
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Tumor
- Typhus
- Vertigo
- Vesicant
- Tonic
- Ache(Head)
- Bite(Snake)
- Bronchitis
- Chest
- Chill
- Dandruff
- Malaria
- Phthisis
- Psychedelic
- Throat
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETIC-ACID
- ANTHERAXANTHIN
- ASPARAGINE
- BARIUM
- BEHENIC-ACID
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CAPSIAMIDE
- CAPSIDIOL
- CAPSIDOL
- CAPSORUBIN
- CARNAUBIC-ACID
- ALPHA-CAROTENE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- NEO-BETA-CAROTENE
- CHROMIUM
- 1,8-CINEOLE
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- CITROXANTHIN
- CITRULLIN
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CRYPTOCAPSIN
- DECANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE
- ETHYL-DODECANOATE
- FAT
- FOLACIN
- GALACTOSE
- GLUCOSE
- GLYCINE
- HEPTADECANE
- HEPTANOIC-ACID
- N-HEXANAL
- 1-HEXANOL
- 2-HEXANOL
- HOMOCAPSAICIN
- HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE
- 3-HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE
- BETA-IONONE
- ISOBUTYRIC-ACID
- ISOHEXANOIC-ACID
- ISOTHUJONE
- ISOVALERIC-ACID
- KAEMPFEROL
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- LITHIUM
- LUTEIN
- MAGNESIUM
- MALONIC-ACID
- MARGARIC-ACID
- 2-METHOXY-3-ISOBUTYL-PYRAZINE
- 3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL
- 2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID
- 5-METHYL-2-FURFURAL
- 4-METHYL-HEPTADECANE
- METHYL-HEPTANOATE
- METHYL-HEXANOATE
- 8-METHYL-NONANOATE
- 8-METHYL-NONANOIC-ACID
- METHYL-OCTANOATE
- 4-METHYLPENTADECANE
- 4-METHYL-PENTANOIC-ACID
- 4-METHYL-PENTAN-1-OL
- 4-METHYL-3-PENTEN-2-ONE
- 4-METHYLPENTYL-3-METHYL-BUTYRATE
- METHYL-PHENYLACETATE
- METHYL-BETA-PHENYLPROPIONATE
- 4-METHYLTETRADECANE
- 4-METHYLTRIDECANE
- N-(13-METHYLTETRADECYL)ACETAMIDE
- MEVALONIC-ACID
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NIACIN
- NONADECANE
- NONANOIC-ACID-VANILLYLAMIDE
- OCTANOIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PENTADECANOIC-ACID
- 1-PENTANOL
- BETA-PHENETHYLACETATE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- QUERCETIN
- SERINE
- SILICON
- SOLANIDINE
- SOLANINE
- STEARIC-ACID
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- THIAMIN
- THREONINE
- TITANIUM
- TOCOPHEROL
- TYROSINE
- VALERIC-ACID
- WATER
- XANTHOPHYLL-EPOXIDE
- ZINC
- VIT-B-6
- APIIN
- AUROCHROME
- BENZALDEHYDE
- BETAINE
- COPPER
- CYSTINE
- EO
- ETHYL-OCTANOATE
- FIBER
- HENEICOSANE
- LUTEOLIN-7-MONOGLUCOSIDE
- METHIONINE
- METHYL-DODECANOATE
- 4-METHYL-HEXADECANE
- NICKEL
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PENTANOIC-ACID
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- P-XYLENE
- ZEAXANTHIN
- ALUMINUM
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CAPSANTHIN-5,6-EPOXIDE
- CAPSOLUTEIN
- DELTA-3-CARENE
- BETA-CAROTENE-EPOXIDE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CITRIC-ACID
- COBALT
- CRYPTOXANTHIN
- ERIODICTIN
- FOLIAXANTHIN
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- 2-HEPTANONE
- HESPERIDIN
- HEXANOIC-ACID
- TRANS-2-HEXEN-1-OL
- HOMODIHYDROCAPSAICIN
- 3-ISOBUTYL-2-METHOXYPYRAZINE
- ISOLEUCINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- 2-METHYL-BUTANAL
- METHYL-DECANOATE
- METHYL-HEXADECANOATE
- METHYL-OCTADECANOATE
- METHYL-PENTANOATE
- METHYL-TETRADECANOATE
- MYRCENE
- NONANOIC-ACID
- 2-OCTANONE
- OLEIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- BETA-PINENE
- PROTEIN
- SCOPOLETIN
- SOLASODINE
- STIGMASTEROL
- TETRADECANE
- 2-UNDECANONE
- VIOLAXANTHIN
- XYLOSE
- GERANYL-ACETONE
- 3-METHYL-BUTANAL
- OXALIC-ACID
- VANILLYL-AMIDE
- ALANINE
- BORON
- CARBOHYDRATES
- DIHYDROCAPSAICIN
- HISTIDINE
- LEUCINE
- ARGININE
- IRON
- TRYPTOPHAN
- ASH
- CAMPESTEROL
- CAPSANTHIN
- CAPSANTHIN-3,6-EPOXIDE
- CAPSANTHONE
- 2-DECENOIC-ACID
- CUCURBITAXANTHIN-A
- CUCURBITAXANTHIN-B
- CYCLOVIOLAXANTHIN
- ETHYL-TETRADECANOATE
- HEXADECANE
- CIS-3-HEXEN-1-OL
- ISOHEXYL-ISOCAPROATE
- LATOXANTHIN
- LYSINE
- 7-METHYL-OCTANOIC-ACID
- METHYL-8-METHYL-6-NONANOATE
- METHYL-NONANOATE
- P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE
- 4-METHYLPENTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE
- NEOXANTHIN
- NIGROXANTHIN
- OCTOPAMINE
- 2-OCTENOIC-ACID
- 2-PENTYL-FURAN
- PENTADECANE
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SALICYLATES
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- TOLUENE
- VALINE
- CAMPHOR
- CARVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- LIMONENE
- PULEGONE
- THUJONE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- CAPROIC-ACID
- CAPSAICIN
- LAURIC-ACID
- NORDIHYDROCAPSAICIN
- 2-ISO-BUTYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE
- 3-ACETAMIDO-2-METHYL-PENTADECANE
- 3-ACETAMIDO-2-METHYL-TETRADECANE
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- FERULIC-ACID
- HOMODIHYDROCAPSAICIN-I
- NORCAPSAICIN
- NOVIVAMIDE
- RUTIN
- VANILLYL-AMINE
- ZUCAPSAICIN
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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