Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: Bolivia

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Ornamental
Pepper Shape: Other: Conical
Fruit Length: 0.5 - 1 inch
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 0.375 - 0.5 inch
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Other: Purple to Yellow to Orange to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 70 - 80 Purple, 90 Yellow-Orange
Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): 10,000 - 30,000
Heat: Medium Hot 2.5-30K SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 20 - 30 inches
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual

Image
Common names
  • Chile Pepper

Photo Gallery
Location: Zone 5
Bolivian Rainbow
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-20
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-20
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-20
Location: Zone 5
Date: 2010-06-26
Bolivian Rainbow  Flower

Date: 2015-11-22
Overwintering

photo credit: Léna

photo credit: Mikko Virtaperko
Comments:
  • Posted by DanCarmona (Fort Wayne, Indiana - Zone 5a) on Jan 16, 2012 11:29 AM concerning plant:
    Capsicum: Annuum
    Origin: Bolivia
    PI:
    Flower: erect, stellate
    Petals: purple
    Spots: no
    Calyx: toothless
    Pods: ¾"L by ½"W Purple > orange > yellow > red
    Seed: yellow-brown
    Leaves: medium, glabrous
    Plant height: 18-24"
    Maturity: 90 Days
    Habit: sturdy, tree-like bush
    Scoville units: 2,500-5,000
    Germ. Time: 1 wk > 2 mo.

    This multicolor Bolivian pepper, which is usually about half an inch long when harvested, is typically sold as an ornamental, but when added raw to salsas or as a finishing touch to a cooked dish, it lends lively color and a strong jolt of clean heat, if not a particularly complex flavor.
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