Capsicum

Bell pepper, also known as sweet pepper, is one of the most commonly employed chili peppers in the Capsicum annum family. Sweet peppers are fruit pods on the capsicum plant grown for their subtle hotness yet sweet, the delicate peppery flavor they extend to the recipes. Botanically, it is a small perennial shrub in the nightshade or Solanaceae family, of the genus, Capsicum. Scientific name: Capsicum annum L.