Chilaca
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 80-100 days 1 seed catalog · basis unstated
- Fruit
- brown
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pasilla | Shared name (ambiguous) | Pasilla is the dried chilaca. It is also used in California for dried poblano, which is ancho, so the label points at two different chiles depending on where you buy it. |
| Chile Negro | Synonym |
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Pasilla de Oaxaca
Both are sold as pasilla; the Oaxacan one is a different chile, smoked, and the central Mexican one is dried chilaca.
Origin & history
A long, dark, twisting Mexican chile eaten fresh in Michoacán and central Mexico. Dried, the same pod is sold as pasilla, and almost nobody outside Mexico encounters it under its fresh name.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 80-100 days | |
| Scoville heat | 1,000-4,000 SHU | |
| Pod length | 15-25 cm |
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 62% 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.
milder than 55% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
longer than 81% of the 27 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
Baklouti
80-95 days
- heirloom
Byadgi
80-110 days
- heirloom
Chimayó
70-90 days
- heirloom
Costeño Amarillo
80-100 days
- heirloom
Dixon
70-90 days
- heirloom
Erjingtiao
80-100 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all seed catalogs. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog