Vegetables
| Heredity: |
Open Pollinated
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| Country of Origin: |
Cuba |
Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
| General Type: |
Ornamental
Other: Piquin
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| Pepper Shape: |
Other: Conical
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| Fruit Length: |
1 - 1.5 inches |
| Fruit Width at Shoulders: |
0.375 - 0.5 inch |
| Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: |
Other: Purplish black to Red
|
| Days to First Harvest and Maturity: |
70 - 80 Purplish black, 100 red. |
| Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): |
40,000 - 80,000 |
| Heat: |
Hot 30K-300K SHU
|
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
|
| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
|
| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Plant Height: |
20 - 30 inches |
| Fruit: |
Showy
|
| Uses: |
Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
|
Posted by
DanCarmona (Fort Wayne, Indiana - Zone 5a) on Jan 15, 2012 1:36 PM concerning plant:
Capsicum: Annuum
Origin: Cuba
PI:
Flower: erect, stellate
Petals: purple
Spots: no
Calyx: toothless
Pods: 2 X 3" Green > red
Seed: yellow-brown
Leaves: medium, glabrous
Plant height: 18-24"
Maturity: 90 Days
Habit: sturdy, tree-like bush
Scoville units: 40,000-58,000
Germ. Time: 1 wk > 2 mo.
This highly ornamental Chiltepin plant has a tall upright growth habit with predominantly dark purple leaves, branches, trunk and brilliant purple flowers. The pods grow erect on long stalks starting off glossy black before maturing to bright red.. Like other tepin types, the pods are highly pungent. Very similar - if not the same as Black Cluster.
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