🌶️Frutescens Peppers

Capsicum Frutescens

Dozens of cultivars

Small, potent peppers that grow upright on bushy plants. Widely used in hot sauces and Southeast Asian cuisines. The boundary between C. frutescens and C. chinense is debated by taxonomists.

💡The Tabasco pepper — the sole ingredient in the iconic sauce — has been grown on Avery Island, Louisiana since the 1860s. Scoville range: 30,000–100,000 SHU.

7 peppers

🌶️ tabasco 🌶️ thai chili 🌶️ piri piri 🌶️ bird's eye chili 🌶️ malagueta 🌶️ kambuzi 🌶️ siling labuyo

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