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[[Image:Cubanelle Peppers.jpg|thumb|right|A basket of Chile peppers]]
'''Chili pepper''' (not to be confused with the country called [[Chile]]) is the [[fruit]] of a series of [[plant]]s called [[Capsicum]] ([[nightshade]] family). Chilis are now grown all over the world, but originally, they came from [[Mexico]]. They are used as [[spice]]s or as [[vegetable]]s, and also have some use in medicine.

Chili peppers are completely unrelated to the ''Piperaceae'' genus, which [[Black pepper]] is from.

==History==
[[File:Prehispanic chili pots journal.pone.0079013.g008.png|thumb|left|Pottery that tested positive for Capsicum sp. residues excavated at Chiapa de Corzo in southern Mexico dated from Middle to Late Preclassic periods (400 BCE to 300 CE)]]

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Chili peppers have been a part of the human diet in the Americas since at least 7500 BCE. Chili peppers were domesticated over 6000 years ago in [[Mexico]].<ref>[http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-04/uoc--bot041614.php "Birthplace of the domesticated chili pepper identified in Mexico" Eurekalert April 21, 2014]</ref> Since then, chili peppers could be farmed throughout all of Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1996/V3-479.html
|author=Bosland, P.W. | date = 1998 | chapter = Capsicums: Innovative uses of an ancient crop | pages = 479–487 | editor = J. Janick | title = Progress in new crops | publisher = ASHS Press |location=Arlington, VA |accessdate=23 December 2010}}</ref>

==Spelling==
The word "chili" is spelled differently in different countries. They can be spelled as '''chili''', '''chilli''', and '''chile'''.

*''Chili'' is widely used in the United States<ref>[http://i.word.com/idictionary/Chili "chili" from ''Merriam-Webster'']; other spellings are listed as variants, with "Chili" identified as "chiefly British"</ref> and Canada.<ref>''The Canadian Oxford Dictionary'' lists ''chili'' as the main entry, and labels ''chile'' as a variant, and ''chilli'' as a British variant.</ref>
*''Chilli'' is widely used in other English-speaking countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article2872144.ece |title=Fall in exports crushes chilli prices in Guntur |publisher=Thehindubusinessline.com |accessdate=21 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/100314/Magazine/sundaytimesmagazine_06.html |title=Chilli, Capsicum and Pepper are spicy plants grown for the pod. Green chilli is a culinary requirement in any Sri Lankan household |publisher=Sundaytimes.lk |accessdate=21 April 2012}}</ref>
*''Chile'' is the most common Spanish spelling in Mexico and several other Latin American countries.<ref>{{cite book | last = Heiser| first = Charles | title = Seed To Civilization: The Story of Food | publisher = Cambridge: Harvard University Press|date=August 1990 | isbn = 0-674-79681-0 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Capsicum]]
[[Category:Spices]]
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