Tabasco pepper
Sign in to saveAlso known as Capsicum frutescens cv. Tabasco, Capsicum frutescens 'Tabasco', Capsicum frutescens ‘Tabasco’
variety of chili pepper
Key facts
- Genus
- Capsicum
- Species
- Capsicum frutescens
- Cultivar
- 'Tabasco'
- Heat
- Hot
- Scoville scale
- 30,000–50,000 SHU
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tabasco pepper on its bush in the Bergianska botanical gardens, Stockholm, 2013
The tabasco pepper is a variety of the chili pepper species Capsicum frutescens originating in Mexico. It is best known through its use in Tabasco sauce, followed by peppered vinegar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tabasco pepper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.