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OTHER OFFICIAL FRUITS
1- FRUCTUS CAPSICI (Capsicum Fruit)
Capsicum, Capsique, Peperone Schlotenpl`effer.
Syn.: Capsici Fructus, Chillies. Cayenne Pepper Poivre De Guinee.
Capsicum is the dried ripe fruits of Capsicium minimum Roib, family
Solanaceae. Capsicum contains not more than 3 % calyces and pedicels and not
more than 1 % foreign organic matter.
The plant is cultivated in India, South America and Africa chiefly Zanzibar,
Nyasaland, and Sierra Leone.
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