Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: Bolivia

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Other: Baccatum
Pepper Shape: Other: Bullet shaped, often with nipple on end.
Fruit Length: 2 - 3 inches
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 0.75 - 1 inch
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Orange to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 80 - 90 color not specified
Wall Thickness: Thick
Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): 20,000-37,000 (one supplier says 5,000)
Heat: Medium Hot 2.5-30K SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 24 - 40 inches
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual

Common names
  • Hot Pepper
Also sold as:
  • Ají Benito

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