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. 2015 Sep 24;10(9):e0134663. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134663

Fig 1. Examples of flowers and fruits from the five cultivated species: a) C. annuum; b) C. chinense; c) C. frutescens; d) C. baccatum; and e) C. pubescens.

Fig 1

Capsicum annuum and her sister species, C. chinense and C. frutescens all have white flowers. The flowers of Capsicum baccatum have yellow-green spots on the white petals. Capsicum pubescens can be distinguished by purple flowers. Photo credits: Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural Amazónico (CIDRA), Xavier Scheldeman, Maarten van Zonneveld.