Photos of multicolour peppers break internet, netizens ask 'Are they spicy?'

A series of aesthetically pleasing photographs show peppers in different colours. Shared by user ‘flowerfemme’ on Twitter, the pictures shows Buena Mulata Peppers growing in vibrant colour ranging from orange to purple. Shared with the caption that describes them as most ‘beautiful peppers’, the first photograph shows the spicy vegetable kept in a basket. The subsequent pictures, show the aesthetically attractive peppers, in colours including, red, orange, violet, lavender hanging from the plant.

'What is this variety?'

Since shared, the peppers have captured everybody’s eye garnering over 278.8 thousand views and over 37 thousand retweets and comments. While users have called the vegetable’ beautiful’, they were curious if they were spicy, Yet others shared  ‘ absurdly pretty’ vegetables that they had grown.

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The Piperaceae, also known as the pepper family, are a large family of flowering plants. The group contains roughly 3,600 currently accepted species in 13 genera. The vast majority of peppers can be found within the two main genera: Piper (2000 species) and Peperomia (1600 species). Members of the Piperaceae may be small trees, shrubs, or herbs. The distribution of this group is best described as pantropical.

The best-known species, Piper nigrum, yields most peppercorns that are used as spices, including black pepper, although its relatives in the family include many other spices.

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