Chiltepin pepper (Capsicum annuum) "mother of all peppers"

Chiltepin pepper (Capsicum annuum) “mother of all peppers” fruits are tiny but pack a punch! In Mexico, they are also called “chile” and sometimes “bird peppers”……………The Coronado National Forest in Arizona has reserved 2,500 acres in the “Wild Chile Botanical Area”, that provides habitat for the largest population of chiltepin chile peppers (Capsicum annuum var. glabrisculum) north of Me

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A small, fiery, round pepper native to Mexico known as chiltepin (Capsicum annuum) is the single wild progenitor of hundreds of sweet or hot pepper varieties found in grocery stores today (jalapeno, poblano, mirasol, cayenne, bell, and others). Habanero and Tabasco are two peppers that did not originate from chiltepin.

Chiltepin are the oldest as well as the hottest wild pepper in the Americas. They grow on the rocky surfaces of steep slopes and are difficult to find because they grow in among other shrubs.

Chiltepin pepper (Capsicum annuum) "mother of all peppers""