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Scotch Bonnet

Semicassis granulata

Classification

Family
Cassidae

Scotch bonnet (also known as Bonney peppers, Caribbean red peppers or Panamanian pepper in Central America) is a variety of chili pepper named for its supposed resemblance to a Scottish tam o' shanter bonnet. It is native to the Americas—a cultivar of Capsicum chinense, which originated in the Amazon Basin, Central and South America. History Indigenous peoples like the Amerindians of the Antilles, the Tainos, and later the Caribs, transported scotch bonnet peppers and other staples like cassava and sweet potato across the Caribbean on huge canoes.

Distribution

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France · 13Spain · 3Italy · 1