Capsicum are peppers – native to the Americas, cultivated world wired for culinary and medicinal purpose, of which the spiciest are chillies.
Also the name of a great little shop close to the centre of Amsterdam on the bridge at Oude Hoogstraat 1 that sell embroidered kurta and khaki cloth, kantha and other cushions, bedcovers – all Indian sourced materials.
www.capsicum.nl