Description
- Piri piri which is also known as bird's eye, African devil, or African red devil) is a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens, one of the sources of chili pepper, that grows both wild and domesticated
- It is a small and extremely spicy member of the capsicum (Capsicum) genus
- Piri piri is the name used in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Mozambique, to describe the African bird's-eye chili
- Other English language spellings may include Pili pili in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Peri peri, deriving from the various pronunciations of the word in parts of Africa, although "Piri piri" is the correct spelling in Portuguese
