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Aji Charapita Pepper Plant

Name: Aji Charapita Pepper Plant
Brand: Austin Peppers
Price: 10.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Aji Charapita is a C. chinense pepper variety, rated hot at roughly 65,000 Scoville heat units, producing yellow pods. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas. It is also known as Charapita, Wild Pea Pepper, Jungle Pepper.

Also known as: Charapita, Wild Pea Pepper, Jungle Pepper

Aji Charapita pepper plant, ripe yellow pods, hot, (C. chinense)

Heat Level: Hot (65,000 SHU)

Species: C. chinense

Pod Color: Yellow

Price: $10.00 USD

Wild Peruvian jungle pepper. Tiny round pods the size of peas that ripen bright yellow. Capsicum chinense, 30,000–100,000 SHU. Known as the caviar of peppers in Peru — fresh pods command premium prices. Plants are prolific; one plant can set hundreds of pods. The flavor is citrusy and floral with real heat behind it. One of the more visually striking plants you can grow, and genuinely delicious.This plant is still growing and is not ready to ship yet.

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