Cotswold health products cayenne 50gcayenne peppers capsicum frutescens come from a tender perennial bushy herb that is a cultivar of the capsicum frutescens species of chili peppers they are native to tropical american but are cultivated all over the temperate world especially in africa and india in colder climates they are treated as an annual plant they grow to a height of 2 metres and have a bushy habit the leaves are oblong ovate to ovate lanceolate in shape 3 10cm in length and m