habanero
Sign in to saveAlso known as Capsicum chinense ‘Habanero’, habanero chili, habanero pepper
The habanero (; ) is a pungent cultivar of Capsicum chinense chili pepper. Unripe habaneros are green, and they color as they mature. The most common color variants are orange and red, but the fruit may also be white, brown, yellow, green, or purple. Typically, a ripe habanero is long. Habanero chilis are very hot, rated 100,000–350,000 on the Scoville scale. The habanero's heat, flavor, and floral aroma make it a common ingredient in hot sauces and other spicy foods.
Key facts
- Cultivar.name
- Habanero
- Cultivar.image
- Habanero closeup edit2.jpg
- Cultivar.species
- Capsicum chinense
- Cultivar.cultivar
- 'Habanero'
- Cultivar.origin
- The Amazon
- Pepper.embed
- yes
- Pepper.heat
- Very hot
- Pepper.scoville
- 100,000 – 350,000
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The habanero (; ) is a pungent cultivar of Capsicum chinense chili pepper. Unripe habaneros are green, and they color as they mature. The most common color variants are orange and red, but the fruit may also be white, brown, yellow, green, or purple. Typically, a ripe habanero is long. Habanero chilis are very hot, rated 100,000–350,000 on the Scoville scale. The habanero's heat, flavor, and floral aroma make it a common ingredient in hot sauces and other spicy foods.
==Name== The habanero is named after Havana (or La Habana), the capital of Cuba, because it used to feature heavily in trading there (despite the name, habaneros and other spicy-hot ingredients are rarely used in traditional Cuban cooking). In English, it is sometimes incorrectly spelled habañero and pronounced , the tilde being added as a hyperforeignism patterned after jalapeño.
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