Chiltepin Tepin Pepper Plant - HOTTEST Small Pepper - Bird Pepper - 2.5" Pot

Chiltepin Pepper - The World's hottest Bird's Eye Pepper. Immediate Shipping, starter plant in 2.5" Pot This extremely hot bird's eye Pepper originates from a native Mexican shrub. As a wild plant the germination and fruit maturity takes longer than traditional chili peppers. Plants can be over-wintered in a frost free place to flower and fruit the following year as a short-lived perennial. Important! Handle seeds very carefully, wash hands after sowing. Do not allow near your eyes and keep away from children. The Chiltepine is a very small chile in size and has a quite distinctive smoky bite. The Chiltepin is eaten sun-dried, added to cheese and ice creams, fermented into sauces, and pickled with wild oregano, garlic, and salt as a tabletop condiment. As the only wild native chile to the US, the Chiltepin is sometimes called the "mother of all peppers.” Known by many names—Chiltepin, Chile Tepin, Chile del Monte, Chillipiquin, a'al kokoli (O'odham), Chiltepictl (Nahuatl), Amash (Mayan)

• Some claim this is the hottest pepper in the world.
• This extremely hot bird's eye Pepper originates from a native Mexican shrub.
• Plants can be over-wintered in a frost free place to flower and fruit the following year.
• Handle the fruit very carefully, wash hands after handling. Do not allow near your eyes and keep away from children.
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