900 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Var. indica. h.f.b.i. iv. 238. 



Vern: — Phopetie ; Chirboti or Ghirbutti ; Kapparphodi (M.). 

 Habitat :— Throughout India. 



The leaves and fruiting calyx are glabrescent, and the latter 

 is distinctly 5-angular. The corolla has no basal spots. 



Uses : — It is considered to be tonic, diuretic and purgative, 

 and is an ingredient in a medicinal oil which is given for spleen, 

 the other ingredients are Pokarmul. Hing, Hirda, Long pepper, 

 Bidalawan (Black salt), Sendhav (Rock salt), Javakshara 'ash of 

 potash), ginger, and melted butter. (Dymoek). 



CAPSICUM, Linn. 



This genus contains the various forms of Chillies and Red and Yellow 

 Peppers so widely cultivated in India and other tropical countries. It is 

 indigenous in S. America and is believed to have been introduced into 

 India about the middle of the seventeenh century . The very large number of 

 cultivated forms, many of which were previously recognized as distinct 

 species, have b y recent authors been reduced to the two original Linnean 

 species : C. annunm and C. frutescens, the one an annual and the other a 

 perennial. Moreover, there is some probability that these two may have 

 originated from a single very variable S. American species ; for, as Prain 

 remarks, the forms of C. annuum are often not truly annual in the tropics, and 

 in temperate regions the perennial' tropical forms rarely persist for more 

 than one season. — (Duthie.). 



864. C. frutescens, Linn, h.f.b.i., iv. 239 Roxb. 

 193. 



Eng. : — Spur Pepper, Cayenne Pepper. 



Vern. :— Lai or gach-marich, lal lanka marich, lanka (B.) ; 

 Lai or gaeh-mirich, lal-mircha (H.) ; Kursani (Himalaya); lal- 

 mirchi (BomJ ; Mirchi (Guz.) ; Tambhuda mirchingay, mirchi 

 (Mar,) ; Mulla-ghAi (Tarn.) ; Mirapa-kaia, golakonda, mirapah, 

 sima, sudi-mirapa-kaia (Tel.) ; Ladu mira, chabai, kappal-melaka, 

 chabe-Iombok, ladamera, ladamera china (Mai.) ; Menashina 

 kayi (Kan.) 



Habitat : — Cultivated throughout India. 



A perennial herb, universally cultivated throughout India 

 for its fruit, known as the Chilli. Leaves entire or repand ; 



