Growing and using capsicums and chillies

Capsicums are also known by the common names of pepper or chilli. The capsicum species that we grow most widely around the world is Capsicum annuum. Capsicums belong to the Solanaceae family of plants, as do tomato, eggplant and potato. A very wide variety of weeds and ornamental plants also belong to this family; some are also edible, but many are toxic, if not deadly.