Pimenta Tabasco
Capsicum frutescens
About Pimenta Tabasco
Pimenta Tabasco (Capsicum frutescens) is a herb used in the Mayan Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Pain, Circulation, Digestive Issues, and Metabolism, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Capsicum frutescens is a species of chili pepper that is sometimes considered to be part of the species Capsicum annuum. Pepper cultivars of Capsicum frutescens can be annual or short-lived perennial plants. Flowers are white with a greenish white or greenish yellow corolla, and are either insect- or self-pollinated. The plants' berries typically grow erect; ellipsoid-conical to lanceoloid shaped. They are usually very small and pungent, growing 10–20 millimetres (0.39–0.79 in) long and 3–7 millimetres (0.12–0.28 in) in...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist