The objective of this research was to evaluate the potential for ornamental use of ten Capsicum spp. accessions from Germplasm Collection of Federal University of Piauí, Brazil The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse at the Department of Plant Science, Centre of Agricultural Sciences, in Teresina City, Piauí State, according to the completely randomized design, with three replications. In the morphoagronomic characterization of pepper accessions, according to Bioversity International, the following qualitative and quantitative descriptors for the Capsicum genus were used: leaf shape, plant growth habit, anthocyanin node of the plant, flower position, color of the corolla, fruit color and mature in the intermediate state, fruit shape, fruit shape of apex of the texture of the fruit skin , fruit length, length of pedicel, persistence of ripe fruit and plant height. Among the ten accessions, seven were considered with ornamental potential: CGC-06 (C. chinense), CGC-07 (C. chinense), CGC-11 (C. annuum var. glabriusculum), CGC-23 (C. chinense), CGC-36 (C. annuum var. glabriusculum), CGC-59 (C. annuum var. glabriusculum) and CGC-67 (C. annuum var. glabriusculum). The CGC 11 was the more harmonious aesthetic accession, by presenting erect flowers , which are easy to read; erect and showy fruits and lanceolate leaves format.
Capsicum spp.; morphoagronomic descriptors; germplasm collection.