African bird's eye chili is also called peri peri, pili pili, or piri piri (/ˌpiːriˈpiːri/ PEE-ree-PEE-ree, ).
It is a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens, one of the sources of chili pepper, that grows both wild and domesticated.
It is a small member of the Capsicum genus. It grows in Malawi, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and the tropical forests of South Sudan & the southern half of Ethiopia. It was brought to Goa by the Portuguese and then the plant adapted to its new surroundings, and that is how it grows in such a hot climate.
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