Here is the Capsicum Flexuosum Campos do Jordão wild pepper, Capsicum flexuosum, Scoville Units: 5,000 to 20,000 SHU. This wild pepper originates from the Campos do Jordão region of Brazil In the Mantiqueira Mountains and is more of a tree then a pepper plant and can reach 4 feet tall. Seeds are from this plant and is about 4 years old. Plant never got any bigger than 2.5 foot tall. This species is cold hardy down to temperatures as cold as 15 degrees F or lower! It is also a black seed variety with very tiny seeds. The fruits range around 1/8 inches in size and are orange but some will turn dark pink. They can be very heavy producers well over 150 pods per plant. Flowers are white with dark brown patches on petals. This is among some of the more difficult to start from seed, some seed can pop up as long as a year later! We are offering only seed not cuttings. There are several variations of capsicum flexuosum, this is just one of the 2n = 24 chromosomes strain. These peppers are mild in heat but can be quite hot and varies from pepper to pepper. Some of the other Hardy Chili Pepper flexuosum varieties we offer are the red flower, and Monteiro Lobato. Open pollinated up to 130 days to sprout. LOT# 1 TAG# 000-2026
NOTE: The seeds can be extremely difficult to sprout and can take months to germinate. These were collected directly from our 4 year old bushes and are fresh seeds.