Bird's Eye Chili
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 85-110 days 1 seed catalog · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Also known as
| Name | Kind | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Prik Kee Noo | Synonym | |
| Thai Chili | Shared name (ambiguous) | 'Thai chili' covers many distinct lines across at least two Capsicum species and does not identify a variety. |
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Thai Hot
Thai Hot is a determinate C. annuum ornamental selection; this is the market bird's eye whose species is not settled.
Origin & history
The small upright chile sold across Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia and exported worldwide under this name. Its species is genuinely contested: material sold as bird's eye has been determined as both C. annuum and C. frutescens, and the two are hard to separate on pod characters alone. No species is asserted here because the label does not correspond to one.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 85-110 days | |
| Scoville heat | 50,000-100,000 SHU |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
later than 72% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
hotter than 82% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Ají Cito
100-130 days
- heirloom
Comapeño
90-120 days
- heirloom
Malagueta
90-120 days
- heirloom
Piri Piri
90-120 days
- heirloom
Siling Labuyo
90-120 days
- heirloom
Zimbabwe Bird
90-120 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, including 1 independent reference.
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog
- Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums · CABI (2012), Scholarly Reference