Chili pepper

The chili pepper (also chile pepper or chilli pepper, from Nahuatl chīlli [ˈt͡ʃiːli]) is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. In Australia, Britain, India,, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and in other Asian countries, it is usually known simply as the chilli.