Peppers are native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. Pepper seeds were imported to Spain in 1493 and then spread through Europe and Asia. The mild bell pepper cultivar was developed in the 1920s, in Szeged, Hungary.
Peppers
Bell peppers are the fruit of a flowering plant in the botanical family Solanaceae. They're shaped like rounded squares formed of three or four lobes, and are mostly hollow, with a bulbous placenta within along with numerous small, flat, white seeds. While they are typically treated as vegetables in cooking, bell peppers are technically fruits, since they are the part of the plant that contains its seeds. They have this in common with other fruits that are used as vegetables, such as tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers and string beans