The Chiltoma (as known in Nicaragua) is known in the US as the Bell Pepper. It is an edible spicy-sweet vegetable, indigenous to the Americas.
The Chiltoma is used as both a vegetable and a condiment.
Scientific name: Capsicum annuum
Other names for this vegetable: chile dulce, chile morrón, morrón, locote, paprika, peperone, colorau, capsicum, bolgarskiy perets, poivron, peberfrugt. |