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Any idea what's the name of this plant?

 
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I was looking for peremnial and no domesticated versions of pimiento (capsicum annuum) that produces permanently but The only ones i e found were spicy varieties.
Then ive discovered this one.
The fruit has variety of shapes . Ive read non domesticated versions tend to have less homogenity in shapes and sizes than domesticated ones.  Taste is really good , almost The same as capsicum annuum.

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Capsicum pubescens maybe? Do the pods have black seeds? If not, maybe baccatum? A good closeup of the plant's flower would help.
 
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To me, the name capsicum refers to a chili pepper.

When I lived in Mexico, the grocery stores called red bell pepper, pimiento. So I thought that was what a pimiento was.
 
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Christopher Weeks wrote:Capsicum pubescens maybe? Do the pods have black seeds? If not, maybe baccatum? A good closeup of the plant's flower would help.




Hi, seeds arent black. The look the same as capsicum annuum,and The taste of The fruit is similar , no spicy at all.
 
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Ronaldo Montoya wrote:The taste of The fruit is similar , no spicy at all.


This doesn't really tell us anything useful. The annuum range from 0 to quite a bit of capsaicin and there are mutated chinenses like the Habanada that don't produce any even though it's generally the spiciest of the chile species. I'll stick with guessing baccatum (though it could be something more exotic) until you can produce some good images of the flowers.
 
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Anne Miller wrote:To me, the name capsicum refers to a chili pepper.

When I lived in Mexico, the grocery stores called red bell pepper, pimiento. So I thought that was what a pimiento was.



Red bell pepper is pimiento. It's similar but The fruit of pimiento is bigger and The fruit is homigeneus.theres no variety in shapes of The fruit  ivealso noticed that this versión is crunchier.

So i think this is a peremnial red bell pepper   The fruit has diferent shapes. A local guy told me that The fruit with bu..

Three bumosare male and The ones with 4 are female.but i think he is wrong?
 
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Ronaldo Montoya wrote:A local gut told me that The fruit with buenos are male and The ones with are female.but i think he is wrong?


What would fruit sex even mean? I'm pretty sure all the Capsicum species bear perfect flowers (certainly all the common species do). But even in a plant that has male and female flowers, the fruit are all produced on the female and the seeds might all have different fathers.
 
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I think The plant it's a heirloom variety ofcapsicum annuum

https://www.anniesheirloomseeds.com/bell-peppers/?srsltid=AfmBOorUVIz0WdeQvvcmRy_fnF1sjkEM_54jGrU04hzLJNbsETQ8l7W5
 
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Ronaldo Montoya wrote:So i think this is a peremnial red bell pepper  



I have read that all pepper plants are perennial in certain zones.  We found that to be the case where we live.

Maybe your peppers are cherry peppers:

https://www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetables/peppers/sweet-peppers/round-of-hungary-organic-cherry-pepper-seed-2393G.11.html
 
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