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Random Facts about Cayenne Pepper
The name of the plant genus from which cayenne pepper is
obtained is capsicum, a name also given to the product of
the plant. This genus belongs to the solanaceae, or night
shade family, and has no relation to the family piperaceae,
which produces the shrub yielding black pepper.
The plant
which yields cayenne pepper is identical with the common red
pepper of our gardens. It is an annual, a native of tropical
countries, where it thrives luxuriantly even in the dryest
soils, but it is also cultivated in other parts of the
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