Chiltepin peppers, also known as tepin peppers, are small, round, and fiery chili peppers native to North America. They are considered the mother of all chili peppers, as they are among the oldest known pepper varieties.

Common names include chiltepín, Indian pepper, grove pepper, chiltepe, and chile tepín, as well as turkey, bird’s eye, or simply bird peppers (due to their consumption and spread by wild birds; "unlike humans birds are impervious to the heat of peppers"). [4] . Tepín is derived from a Nahuatl word meaning "flea".

2023年3月8日 · Chiltepins are small, round peppers that start out green and turn red as they ripen. They grow to roughly a quarter-inch in diameter, or about the size of a pea. The pepper’s color when ripe ranges from orange-red to bright red. This pepper plant is a small perennial shrub that typically grows to about three feet tall.

2022年10月31日 · Chiltepin peppers, also known as “chile tepin,” are often considered “The Mother of All Peppers” due to their genetic origins being traced back for generations in North …

2023年6月28日 · Chiltepin peppers, known as “bird’s eye peppers,” are the wild ancestor of all modern hot pepper varieties. Native to North America, this small-fruited chili pepper is believed to have originated in Mexico and was later shared with indigenous tribes across the region.

2022年7月14日 · While it might not look like a chile pepper, that’s exactly what chiltepín is. These small, berry-like chiles are taxonomically referred to as Chiltepín Capsicum annuum var. Glabriusculum, making...

2024年10月19日 · chilpepe m (plural chilpepes) (Honduras, El Salvador) Alternative form of chiltepe (Capsicum frutescens, or its fruit)

2020年12月22日 · The chiltepin pepper is a tiny, round or oval shaped chili pepper grown wild throughout much of the U.S. and Mexico. It is quite spicy, measuring up to 100,000 Scoville Heat Units. Learn More. The Chiltepin pepper, "chile tepin", or "Chiltepine", is a tiny, round or oval shaped, red to orange-red chile, measuring about .8 cm in diameter.

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2022年1月8日 · Actually, chiltepins are the only wild pepper giving them the nickname “mother of all peppers.” Historically, there have been many uses for chiltepin peppers throughout the Southwest and across the border. Interested in growing chiltepins? Read on to learn how to use chiltepin and care for pepper plants.