Category:Capsicum frutescens 'Piri Piri'

**piri piri**
	cultivar of Capsicum frutescens African red devil peppers
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Instance of	cultivar; cultivar (Capsicum frutescens);
Subclass of	chili pepper;
Part of	mitmita;
Common name
	English: Piri piri; አማርኛ: ሚጥሚጣ; مصرى: بيرى بيرى; Cebuano: Piri-piri; Deutsch: Piri Piri; Ελληνικά: Πίρι πίρι; Canadian English: Piri piri; British English: Piri piri; español: Piri-piri; euskara: Piri-piri; français: Pili-pili; עברית: פירי פירי; magyar: Afrikai madárszem; հայերեն: Պիրի-պիրի; Igbo: Peri-peri; italiano: Piri piri; 日本語: ピリピリ; Jawa: Peri-peri; 한국어: 피리피리고추; മലയാളം: പിരി പിരി; Nederlands: Piripiri; polski: Piri-piri; română: Piri piri; русский: Пири-пири; Simple English: Piri piri; українська: Пірі-пірі; oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Piri-piri; vèneto: piri piri; 粵語: 皮里皮里; 中文: 皮里皮里; 中文（简体）: 皮里皮里; 中文（繁體）: 皮里皮里;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Plantae
Subkingdom	Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom	Streptophyta
Superdivision	Embryophytes
Division	Tracheophytes
Subdivision	Spermatophytes
Order	Solanales
Family	Solanaceae
Subfamily	Solanoideae
Tribe	Capsiceae
Genus	Capsicum
Species	Capsicum frutescens
Cultivar	Capsicum frutescens ‘Piri Piri’
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English: African Birds Eye Chili is also called peri peri, pili pili, or piri piri. It is a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens, one of the sources of chili pepper, that grows both wild and domesticated. It is a small member of the Capsicum genus. It grows in Malawi, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and the tropical forests of South Sudan & the southern half of Ethiopia. It was brought to Goa by the Portuguese and then the plant adapted to its new surroundings, and that is how it grows in such a hot climate.