Brazilian Starfish Pepper

Aji means chilli in many caribbean dialects.

Brazilian starfish pepper. Brazilian starfish is a much sought after variety of chilli and a very unusual variety due to its uniquely shaped peppers. This juicy pepper has a floral fruity flavor with medium heat. Pepper varieties in the c. This is where the economics of nightshade plants come in.

This is a very uniquely shaped pepper which makes it an excellent ornamental plant. The plants are incredibly prolific and have a weeping vine like growth. The white flowers of this plant are also very attractive with the very distinctive greenish yellow markings. It is the yellow variant of the brazilian starfish which is red in color.

Brazilian starfish capsicum baccatum this is a very beautiful star shaped pepper. 5 000 30 000 scoville heat units 10 pepper seeds. Originally from peru but domesticated in brazil. Fruit is always juicy and quite sweet.

Sometimes it is called the aji brazilian starfish. Capsicum baccatum is a member of the genus capsicum and is one of the five domesticated pepper species the fruit tends to be very pungent and registers 30 000 to 50 000 on the scoville heat unit scale. It has its roots in ancient peru but has since become domesticated in brazil. This is one beautiful chili with a shape much like a sea star.

The baccatum pepper species originated in peru but this variety was domesticated in brazil. Slightly hotter than a jalapeno. The brazilian starfish pepper is a capsicum baccatum species. The fruit varies in heat but often medium spicy sometimes exceeding that of jalapeños.

Peppers get 1 to 2 inches in width and somewhat flat. This tall plant has a weeping vine like habit and produces good yields of 2cm in long by 4 cm 1 in wide starfish shaped peppers that are very pungent. Brazilian starfish pepper capsicum baccatum is a little bomb of flavor. The flowers are either insect or self pollinated.

It ripens from green to bright yellow and has citrus fruity flavor tones. Baccatum species have white or cream colored flowers and typically have a green or gold corolla. Brazilian starfish boasts complex floral and fruity tones that are perfectly offset by medium heat. The brazilian starfish is a uniquely shaped pepper.

But unlike many other peppers with pretty faces and lacking in flavor the brazilian starfish pepper is delicious too. Expect surprises when snacking on this pepper. Not to hot so you can enjoy the flavor. Brazilian starfish yellow capsicum bacattum the brazilian starfish yellow pepper also called brazilian starfish yellow is a star shaped or saucer shaped mild chile from brazil.

Describing the brazilian starfish pepper as uniquely shaped may be doing it a disservice in the looks department. This tall plant has a vine like habit and produces good yields of 1 2 inch wide starfish shaped peppers that ripen to a brilliant red at maturity. The peppers mature.