Capsicum annuum var. acuminatum ‘Cayenne Pepper’ seeds grow into the cayenne pepper the elongated, fiery red chili that provides the backbone of cayenne pepper powder, one of the world’s most commonly used spice ingredients. Capsicum annuum var. acuminatum Fingerh. is the long, tapering, hot pepper variety group of the common chili species. The variety name acuminatum means ‘tapering to a point’. Cayenne peppers are typically 1015 cm long, thin-walled, sharply pointed, ripening from green to intense scarlet red; their Scoville Heat Units (SHU) typically range from 30,00050,000. Named after the city of Cayenne in French Guiana. Widely used in cayenne powder, hot sauces and Creole-Cajun cooking; medicine uses (capsaicin in topical pain relief preparations). Family Solanaceae.

Full sun; fertile, well-drained soils; warm tropical to subtropical conditions. Sow indoors 810 weeks before last frost. Very productive once established in warm conditions. Harvest red for full heat; green for milder use. Note: cultivar may not breed true from named seed.

• Acuminatum = tapering to a point; Fingerh.; Cayenne = named for city in French Guiana; 30,00050,000 SHU
• Long thin-walled hot chili; dried and ground = cayenne pepper powder; medicine (capsaicin for pain relief)
• Essential in Creole-Cajun cooking, hot sauces, and global spice trade; harvest red for maximum heat
• Genus Capsicum: 35+ species; Tropical America; Family Solanaceae; Order Solanales
• Full sun; warm tropical; sow early indoors; harvest red for heat; topical capsaicin pain relief; Family Solanaceae

Capsicum annuum var. acuminatum ‘Cayenne Pepper’ is the pepper that gave its name to one of the world’s most universally used spice powders a thin, fiery red chili from the New World tropics whose pungent capsaicin-rich fruits have made it indispensable in cuisines from Louisiana to Sichuan, and whose medicinally active compound capsaicin is now used in topical preparations for pain relief worldwide.

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