Chiltepin is a wild chile pepper that grows in Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is sometimes called the "mother of all peppers," because it is thought to be the oldest species in the Capsicum genus.
The chiles are extremely hot, rating 50,000 to 100,000 Scoville units, but the heat quickly dissipates.
The Wild Chile Botanical Area in the Coronado National Forest near Tucson, Arizona has the largest population of chiltepin chile peppers north of Mexico.
The word "Chiltepin" is believed to be derived from the Aztec language (Nahuatl) combination word "chilli" + "tecpintl," meaning "flea chile," an allusion to its sharp bite.
We have settled on a non-accented "Chiltepin" as the English term for the plant and fruit.
Although the Chiltepin plant's average height is about four feet, there are reports of individual bushes growing ten feet tall, living twenty-five to thirty years, and having stems as big around as a man's wrist.
Chiltepin is a wild chile pepper that grows in Mexico and the southwestern United States.
It is sometimes called the "mother of all peppers," because it is thought to be the oldest species in the Capsicum genus.
The Wild Chile Botanical Area in the Coronado National Forest near Tucson, Arizona has the largest population of chiltepinchile peppers north of Mexico.
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