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Bird's eye chili, bird eye chili, bird's chili or Thai chili is a chili pepper, a cultivar from the species ''Capsicum annuum'', commonly found in Southeast Asia. It is often confused with a similar-looking chili derived from the species ''Capsicum frutescens'', the cultivar "siling labuyo". Bird's eye chili can also be found in India, in Meghalaya, Assam and Kerala. It is used in traditional dishes of the Kerala cuisine. This cultivar is also found in rural areas of Sri Lanka, where it is used as a substitute for green chilis. It is also a main ingredient in ''kochchi sambal'', a salad made using freshly scraped coconut ground with bird's eye chilis and seasoned with salt and lime juice. It is used extensively in Thai, Lao, Khmer, Indonesian, and Vietnamese cuisine. Some English speakers also refer to this cultivar as ''Thai hot'', ''Thai dragon'', and boonie pepper. ==Description== The bird's eye chili plant is a perennial with small, tapering fruits, often two or three, at a node. The fruits are very pungent. The bird's eye chili is small, but is quite hot (piquant). It measures around 100,000–225,000 Scoville units, which is at the lower half of the range for the hotter habanero chili but still many times more spicy than a jalapeño.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scoville Scale - The Official Scott Roberts Website )〕 Characteristics of the bird's eye chili plant〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Easy to Grow Chili – Birds Eye Chilis )〕 * Plant height: up to 2 m * Stem colour: green * Leaf colour: green * Leaf size: 3–8 cm by 2–4 cm * Fruit colour at maturity: green, orange, or red * Fruit shape: conical * Fruit length: 2–3 cm * Fruit width at shoulder: 0.5 cm * Fruit weight: 2–3 g * Fruit surface: smooth * Seed colour: light tan * Seeds per fruit: 10–20 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bird's eye chili」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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