Siling Lara

Scientific Name: Capsicum anunuum

Erect, branched, smooth shrub. Leaves are alternate, pointed at both ends. Flowers are solitary, bell-shaped, yellowish or white. Fruit is hollow, with numerous small flat seeds

Folkloric and Traditional uses:

• Juice of the fruit, mixed with carrot juice, used as skin purifier, taken 2 to 3 cups daily.
• Mixed with spinach juice, used for abdominal pains, a cupful every 2 hours.
• Fruit also used for sore throat, hoarseness, dyspepsia. diarrhea, piles, hypertension.

Siling-bilog Scientific Name: Capsicum annuum var. grossum Fruit is ovoid to oblong-ovoid, green, red on ripening, 6-10 cm long and 5-6 cm in diameter. The variety is usually eaten as a vegetable or stuffed with meat.

Folkloric and Traditional Uses:

• Paste of the pepper is used a rubefacient.
• Infusion with cinnamon and sugar used for delirium tremens.
• Capsaicum, in equal parts with rhubarb and ginger, for gout and rheumatism.

Excerpts from: "An illustrated compilation of Philippine medicinal plants by Godofredo Stuart "

Photo: Siling-lara from  Godofredo Stuart / Siling Bilog from Barillaus.com