Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: Peru

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Other: Sinense
Pepper Shape: Tapered
Cylindrical
Fruit Length: 2.5 - 5 inches
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 0.5 - 0.75 inch
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Other: Green to Yellow to Orange
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 80 - 90 green, 100 yellow-orange
Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): 30,000 - 50,000
Heat: Hot 30K-300K SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 24 - 48 inches
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual

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Common names
  • Hot Pepper
  • Yellow Peruvian Chile
Also sold as:
  • Ají Amarillo
  • Aji Yellow

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