What is "capsicum baccatum"

Bird pepper \Bird" pep`per\ A species of capsicum ( Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.

Capsicum \Cap"si*cum\ (k[a^]p"s[i^]*k[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. L. capsa box, chest.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce.

Note: The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper, and Capsicum annuum or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell pepper and other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used, both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in cookery. See Cayenne pepper.

Capsicum baccatum is a species of chili pepper that includes the following cultivars:

• Ají amarillo, also called amarillo chili and ají escabeche
• Peppadew
• Lemon drop, ají limon (not to be confused with ají limo, a Capsicum chinense cultivar)
• Bishop's crown
• Brazilian Starfish
• Wild Baccatum