Names
No scientific synonyms are recorded for this name.
English: banana pepper, Bell Pepper, Bird Pepper, Capsicum, Chili, Green Capsicum, Hot Pepper, Paprika, Sweet Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, chile pequin, Chili, Chili Pepper, chilipiquin, Chilli, chilli pepper, Green Pepper, Paprika, Pepper, Pimiento, Red Capsicum, red pepper, Seasoning Pepper, sweet bell pepper, Sweet Pepper, sweet-pepper.
In other languages
- Arabic: فليفلة حولية
- Belarusian: Перац агароднінны
- Bulgarian: Пипер
- Catalan: Pebre
- Chinese: la liao, 辣椒
- Czech: paprika ro, paprika setá
- Danish: Spansk peber
- Dutch: Paprika, Spaanse peper
- Estonian: harilik paprika, punapipar
- Finnish: paprika, ruokapaprika
- French: Paprika, Piment, Piment annuel, Piment annuel, Gros piment, Paprika, Piment salade, Poivron, Piment annuel, Piment ornemental, Piment doux, Piment doux, Piment ornemental, Poivron
- German: Paprika, Paprika und Pfefferoni, Peperoni, Schotenpfeffer, Spanischer Pfeffer
- Greek: Πιπεριά
- Hebrew: פלפל תרבותי
- Hungarian: termesztett paprika
- Indonesian: Cabe
- Italian: Peperoncino, Peperone
- Japanese: ゴシキトウガラシ, トウガラシ, ピーマン
- Korean: gochu, 고추
- Latvian: pipari
- Lithuanian: Vienametė paprika
- Macedonian: Пиперка
- Norwegian (Bokmål): paprika, spansk pepper
- Norwegian (Nynorsk): paprika, spansk pepar
- Polish: Papryka roczna
- Portuguese: chili-chili, pimenta, pimenta-de-cheiro, pimenta-do-diabo, pimenta-jalapenho, pimenta-ornamental, pimenta-pintada, pimenta-urariquena, pimentão, pimentão-doce, pimentão-miúdo, pimentão-quadrado …
- Romanian: Ardei
- Russian: Стручковый перец однолетний
- Serbian: Паприка
- Slovak: paprika ročná
- Spanish: Ají, Aji, Ají caballero, Ají de gallina, Ají de gallinazo, Ají de yunguilla, Ají del paute, Ají dulce, Ají gallinazo, Ají jobito, Ají rocoto, Ccoma …
- Swedish: paprika, spansk peppar, spanskpeppar
- Telugu: మిరపకాయ
- Thai: พริกขี้หนู พริกหยวก ฯลฯ, พริกชี้ฟ้า
- Turkish: Biber
- Ukrainian: Стручкови́й перець звичайний
- Welsh: Pupryn Melys
- khm: ម្ទេស, ម្ទេសប្លោក
- mal: മുളക്
- nor: paprika
- sin: මිරිස්
- tgl: Sili
- urd: Hari / Lal Mirch
- yor: ata
Names with no language recorded: Aichi, Ají, Aji de gallina, cahuasa, Cayenne pepper, ch'uhuk-ik, cucú-rite, gochu, ich, itz, la liao, mahav, meringel, Paprika, Pimiento.
Where it is recorded
- USDA PLANTS: CAAN4
- FAOSTAT item code: d1960708-7452-43
- GBIF: 2932944
- GRIN: 8904
- Wikidata: Q122235129
- Wikidata: Q1380
Taxonomy record sources: GBIF (CC BY 4.0), USDA_PLANTS_CATALOG (Public Domain). Loaded from the botanica open cultivated-plant knowledge base and the GBIF backbone; each row keeps its origin.
Growth stages
- Initial: about 25 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted April/June, Europe and Medit.)
- Crop development: about 35 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted April/June, Europe and Medit.)
- Mid-season: about 40 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted April/June, Europe and Medit.)
- Late season: about 20 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted April/June, Europe and Medit.)
What the sources say it wants
Each line shows the band, then the kind of source and the citation. "Published" means the number is printed on the cited page; "derived" means it was computed from published numbers with the formula recorded on the row; "external API" rows are refreshed nightly from a live source; "curated" rows are OAT's own working values from June 2026.
Whole cycle
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Daily light integral at the canopy (mol/m2/d) | 14 to 30 (warning below 14, alert below 10) | published: Measuring Daily Light Integral in a Greenhouse (HO-238-W, Torres & Lopez), 2010 |
| Feed | Calcium (ppm) | 170 | published: A Recipe for Hydroponic Success (Mattson & Peters) (Cornell University Dept. of Horticulture (hosted fact shee |
| Feed | Potassium (ppm) | 341 | published: A Recipe for Hydroponic Success (Mattson & Peters) (Cornell University Dept. of Horticulture (hosted fact shee |
| Feed | Magnesium (ppm) | 48 | published: A Recipe for Hydroponic Success (Mattson & Peters) (Cornell University Dept. of Horticulture (hosted fact shee |
| Feed | Nitrogen (ppm) | 125 to 150 (target 150) | published: A Recipe for Hydroponic Success (Mattson & Peters) (Cornell University Dept. of Horticulture (hosted fact shee |
| Feed | Phosphorus (ppm) | 39 | published: A Recipe for Hydroponic Success (Mattson & Peters) (Cornell University Dept. of Horticulture (hosted fact shee |
| Root zone | Root-zone EC (dS/m) | up to 1.5 (warning above 2.2, alert above 3.3) | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 29, 1985 |
Initial
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, initial stage (ratio) | 0.6 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Mid-season
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, mid-season (ratio) | 1.05 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Late season
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, end of season (ratio) | 0.9 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Phenophases observed by the USA National Phenology Network
11 phenophases are tracked for this species and refreshed nightly, as stage triggers: All leaves withered, Flowers or flower buds, Fruits, Initial growth, Leaves, Open flowers, Recent fruit or seed drop, Ripe fruits, Young leaves.
Keystone status
Partial. The KEEP rule asks for a growth stage and a band in each of light, air and root zone before a crop counts as complete; this plant is in the keystone with what its sources give so far.
Generated 2026-09-15 from the OAT plant keystone. Source types and citations are carried on every row; the keystone snapshot that the Library instruments read is plant-targets.json and its quality sheet is plant-targets.quality.json.