Dry Red Chilies Chili is the dried ripe fruit of the genus Capsicum Capsicum annuum is an annual sub shrub the flowers of which are borne singly and fruits usually pendent which provide red peppers cayenne paprika and chillies and sweet pepper bell pepper a mild form with large inflated fruits Capsicum frutescence is a perennial chilly with small sized pods which are highly pungent It is commonly known as bird chilly and Tabasco
