A-Z Chilli

Species: Cardenasii | Origin: Bolivia | Heat: Very Hot A wild purple flowering species from Bolivia is thought to be the original

Species: Chacoense | Origin: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay | Heat: Unknown A small white flowering wild species native to Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. It is known locally as 'Tova' or 'Covincho' in Paraguay. The Plant has an erect growing habit and is...

Species: Ciliatum | Origin: Mexico | Heat: UnknownA very unusual and scarce wild Capsicum species initially believed to be a sister to Capsicum Tovarii although after further study by Eshbaugh in 1988, it has since been omitted...

Species: Coccineum | Origin: Bolivia & Peru | Heat: UnknownA white flowering wild Capsicum species native to Bolivia and Peru

Species: Cornutum | Origin: Brazil | Heat: UnknownA wild Capsicum species native to Southern Brazil.

Species: Dimorphum | Origin: Colombia and Ecuador | Heat: Unknown A wild Capsicum species originating from Colombia & Ecuador

Species: Exile | Origin: Bolivia | Heat: UnknownA white flowering wild species not commercially grown, although several Chile enthusiasts have successfully grown the cultivar 'Cobincho'. This plant is very unlike most other...

Species: Eximium | Origin: Bolivia | Heat: Unknown This is one of the purple flowered species; the others being Capsicum. Pubescens and Capsicum Cardenasii which are thought to have an, as yet to be discovered common ancestor. It has a somewhat sprawly...

Species: Flexuosum | Origin: Paraguay, Argentina | Heat: Unknown This wild Capsicum variety has been subject to much debate and has been reclassified as a variety of Capsicum Schottianum byA.T. Hunziker. The seeds for this variety are believed to be...

Species: Galapagoense | Origin: Galapagos Islands | Heat: Very Hot This white flowering wild species is one of the worlds rarest chiles. It is found only on the small Galapagos Islands of Isabela and Santa Cruz. The pods of this plant are very hot and...

CAPSICUM HOOKERIANUMSpecies: Hookerianum | Origin: Ecuador | Heat: Unknown A wild Capsicum species originating from Ecuador

Species: Lanceolatum | Origin: Guatemala, Honduras & Mexico | Heat: UnknownA wild Capsicum species originating from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico

Species: Leptopodum | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Unknown A wild Capsicum species originating from Brazil.

Species: Microcarpum | Origin: Unknown | Heat: UnknownCapsicum Microcarpum is a wild version of the species Capsicum Annuum. More detailed information is currently unavailable.

Species: Minutiflorum | Origin: Argentina, Bolivia & Paraguay | Heat: Unknown A wild Capsicum species originating from Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.

Species: Mirabile | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Unknown A wild Capsicum species originating from Southern Brazil

Species: Parvifolium | Origin: Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela | Heat: UnknownA wild capsicum species native to north-east Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela. In Bolivia it is commonly known as ' Piment de passarinho' which simply means...

Species: Praetermissum | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Very HotA rare wild variety orginating from the jungles of Brazil. This plant can grow up to six feet tall in a single growing season and has thousands of cranberry sized fruit that...

Species: Schottianum | Origin: Argentina, Brazil & Paraguay | Heat: UnknownA wild chile species native to Argentina, south Brazil and south-east Paraguay. These 80-100 cm tall erect plants have many branches which grown in a...

Species: Scolnikianum | Origin: Peru | Heat: UnknownA wild Capsicum species originating from Peru

Species: Tovarii | Origin: Peru | Heat: UnknownThis very rare white flowering Capsicum species is native to the Rio Mantaro basin in south-central Peru. Genetically it is part of taxa including Capsicum pubescens and is known as...

Species: Villosum | Origin: Brazil | Heat: UnknownA wild Capsicum species native to southern Brazil.

Species: Chinense | Origin: Trinidad | Heat: Very Hot CARDI released an improved variety called CARDI Green in 2003.

Species Annuum Origin Unknown Heat none

Species: Chinense | Origin: Caribbean | Heat: Hot

Species Annuum Origin Turkey Heat Sweet A 6in long and thin walled early sweet pepper from Turkey. This pepper has a nice strong 'green pepper' flavour and ripens very early to lime green, then more slowly to red. In Turkey it is dried and ground to...

Species Annuum Origin Italy Heat Sweet A bell pepper variety. A more detailed description is currently unavailable.

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Sweet A new pepper of the Italian "bulls horn" (corno di toro) type developed by Johnny's seeds.on. The long tapered pods grow to 6" long x 2 1/2" wide and ripen from green to deep "carmine" red. Maturity is early on an...

Species: Chinense | Origin: Peru | Heat: Very Hot

Species: Chinense | Origin: Unknown | Heat: Unknown

Species Annuum Origin Spain Heat Medium A medium sized pepper from Casado Farms in El Guique, New Mexico although its origins can be traced to Spain

Species Annuum Origin Unknown Heat Unknown

Species Annuum Origin Mexico Heat Medium Also called 'Jingle Bell' or 'Rattle' an allusion to the seeds rattling in the pods of this oval shaped chile when dried. These 3cm chiles resemble small cherrys and are called 'bola' in there fresh form and...

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium Cascabella is an open pollinated Hungarian Wax type hot pepper that reaches maturity approximately 72-75 days. Long thin peppers Similar to Santa Fe Grande, but smaller. Yellowish fruit turns red at maturity,...

Species Annuum Origin Unknown Heat Unknown

Species Annuum Origin Brazil Heat Mild Mildly hot 3-4" Ancho-type pepper with good flavour; very productive. Cascadura translates roughly to 'hard skin'

Species Annuum Origin Brazil Heat Unknown

Species Annuum Origin Unknown Heat Unknown

Species Annuum Origin Unknown Heat Hot

Species Annuum Origin Mexico Heat Mild A chile from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes, it is 1-2 inches long by 1/2 inch wide, and the seeds rattle in the pods.

Species: Chinense | Origin: Unknown | Heat: Hot

Species Annuum Origin French Guyana Heat Unknown Pre-Columbian in origin and named after the Cayenne River in French Guyana, it owes it spread around the world to Portugal whose traders acrried it around the world in the 15th & 16th centuries. The long...

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Mild Conforms to the description of Victorian era Buist's catalogue. Popular among nineteenth century gardeners, dating back to 1840's or 50's, probably came in with the Demerara Sugar trade. This is a beautiful, yellow,...

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium An nice varietyr for pickling or eating fresh, the pods grow approximately 4in long and mature from green to red.. This variety also has good resistance to root knot nematode.

A more interesting and hotter version of the standard cayene pepper. The golden cayenne is larger, more uniform and has smooth rather than the characteristic rippled skin of some cayenne varieties.

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Unknown

This Cayenne type variety from Indonesia produces 4 to 5 in long by 0.25in wide slender peppers which mature from green to red. The pods are often curled and snake-like.

Species Annuum Origin Italy Heat Medium A Cayenne type Joe's Long is definitely long, it keeps growing just like Pinocchio's nose, reaching up to 8 to 10in in length, tapering down to a point. The pods from green to a bright red with a good heat content...

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium A new variety developed by the USDA and is believed to be the hottest Cayenne type. The pods are long and wrinkled, averaging 6-7inches in length. Pods ripen from green to red in approximately 70 days.

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium According to one anonymous writer, this variety was first documented in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and that one of his passengers, a man named de Cuneo, described how Native Americans ate peppers like one would...

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium Wrinkled peppers are 6 inches long and skinny. Fiery hot and excellent for drying. An attractive plant. (70 days)

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium 8in long slender fruits have a slight purple hue.

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium Smaller and smoother than a cayenne pepper, but with more fiery heat! These pencil-thin Cayenne-type peppers are about 4 inches long and mature from green to red approximately 60 days after transplanting. The plants...

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Sweet

Species Annuum Origin Unknown Heat Unknown

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium Thomas Jefferson first planted this pepper at Shadwell, his birthplace, in 1767, just before his twenty-fourth birthday.A medium hot prolific pepper which is very easy to grow.

Species Annuum Origin Unknown Heat Mild

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium A traditional cayenne type, except that the green pods mature to bright yellow. 20-40.000 Scoville units

Species: Chinense | Origin: Cayman Islands | Heat: Unknown

Species Annuum Origin Hungary Heat Unknown

Species Annuum Origin Unknown Heat Medium

Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium A compact green leafed plant with white pods turning to purple when slightly sunburnt. A good choice for container growing.

Species Annuum Origin Unknown Heat Mild

Species Annuum Origin Italy Heat Unknown Italian Cherry Bomb peppers

Species Annuum Origin Macedonia Heat Mild

Species Annuum Origin Czechoslovakia Heat Unknown

Species: Frutescens | Origin: Unknown | Heat: Unknown Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Chinense | Origin: Unknown | Heat: Unknown Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Frutescens | Origin: Unknown | Heat: Unknown Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Baccatum | Origin: Unknown | Heat: UnknownMore accuartely, this variety is part of the species Baccatum var. Pendulum . Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The...

Species: Baccatum | Origin: Bolivia | Heat: UnknownDescription currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Chinense | Origin: Unknown | Heat: Unknown Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Frutescens | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Hot Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Baccatum | Origin: Unknown | Heat: UnknownMore accuartely, this variety is part of the species Baccatum var. Pendulum.This is a tall plant that produces elongated pods (8-10 cm) that ripen from light green to red. The leaves are light green too...

Species: Baccatum | Origin: Peru | Heat: Hot

Species: Baccatum | Origin: USA | Heat: HotDescription currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Eximium | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Very Hot Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands. There is much debate as to the true...

Species: Frutescens | Origin: Guatemala | Heat: Hot Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Frutescens | Origin: USA | Heat: Hot Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Frutescens | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Hot Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Frutescens | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Medium Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Baccatum | Origin: Peru | Heat: UnknownDescription currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Pubescens | Origin: Indonesia | Heat: Very Hot Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Chacoense | Origin: Argentina | Heat: Hot Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Cardenasii | Origin: Bolivia | Heat: Very Hot Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Chacoense | Origin: Argentina | Heat: Hot Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Chacoense | Origin: Argentina | Heat: Hot Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Chacoense | Origin: Paraguay | Heat: Unknown Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Chacoense | Origin: Argentina | Heat: Hot Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Frutescens | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Unknown Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Chinense | Origin: Guyana | Heat: Hot Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Chinense | Origin: Unknown | Heat: Hot

Species: Chinense | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Hot Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Chinense | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Hot Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Praetermissum | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Very Hot A big hairy plant, which has small red pods. Fiery. Also known as PI 260596.

Species: Chinense | Origin: Brazil | Heat: Hot Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Frutescens | Origin: Guatemala | Heat: Medium Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands

Species: Baccatum | Origin: Unknown | Heat: UnknownImmature pods shown here. Description currently unavailable. Note: The CGN classification system for chile varieties indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands