Capsicum lanceolatum (Greenm.) C.V.Morton & Standl.

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Capsicum lanceolatum is a species of plant in the genus Capsicum in the nightshade family (Solanaceae). The species has its original range in Guatemala and in the neighboring countries of Mexico and Honduras. Currently, only one natural occurrence of the species is known; all other previously known deposits were destroyed by converting the sites into agricultural land.

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Like almost all members of the genus, Capsicum lanceolatum is a bushy plant with a mostly slender, upright habit and a height of 1 to 5 m. Capsicum lanceolatum differs from all other species of the genus primarily in the combination of leaf shape and position. The leaves usually appear in pairs, with both leaves pointing roughly in the same direction but having very different sizes and shapes. While there are large, elongated leaves with a length of 6 to 11 cm and a width of 1.5 to 3 mm, there are also small, almost round leaves with a size of 0.5 to 2 × 0.8 to 1.5 cm. Both leaf types are slightly hairy.

Blossoms

The flowering period extends from May to December. The flowers are solitary, rarely in pairs, in the axils of the shoots on 1.5 to 3 cm long, slender flower stalks extending to 3 to 5 cm until the fruit ripens. The heavily ribbed calyx is 1.3 to 2 mm long during flowering and hardly lengthens afterward. On the edge of the calyx are 2 to 5 mm-long calyx teeth, which lengthen to 4 to 5.5 mm as the fruit ripens. The petals of the fivefold flowers, which are fused to one another for well over half the length, are yellowish-white or two-tone white and red-purple, slightly hairy at the tips. The stamens are about 2.5 mm long, and the anthers are 1.3 to 1.5 mm long. The style is 4.5 to 5 mm long.

Fruits and seeds

As with most wild species of the genus, the very small, round berries are orange-red with a diameter of 7 to 10 mm, filled with flesh. As with other members of the Andean clade, the fruits are not spicy. The seeds are whitish or black and 2 to 2.5 mm in size. The plant is self-compatible.

Other characteristics

Like some other wild Brazilian species, C. lanceolatum has 13 pairs of chromosomes. Typical features of the species with this chromosome number are the preference for damp locations and the mostly yellowish-green, non-spicy, small fruits. The orange-red fruits distinguish C. lanceolatum from other related species.

 

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