Locoto Boliviano
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 120-180 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.
The species here is supported by Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums. These claims name their own evidence rather than resting on the record's source list as a whole, because a species that distinguishes a variety, or an attribution to a breeding programme, is worth being able to check on its own.
Also known as
| Name | Kind | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Rocoto | Shared name (ambiguous) | Rocoto, locoto and manzano are regional names for C. pubescens generally. None of the three identifies a specific line, which is why seed sold under any of them varies. |
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Rocoto (Manzano)
Regional naming of one species rather than two distinct plants; the seed lots behind each name do differ.
Origin & history
The Bolivian and Andean name for the same species Mexico calls manzano and Peru calls rocoto. Recording it separately is a statement about geography and seed lots, not about botany: the regional names travel with different local selections.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 120-180 days | |
| Scoville heat | 30,000-100,000 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 98% 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 80% 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
Jamaican Yellow Mushroom
95-125 days
- heirloom
Kambuzi
95-125 days
- heirloom
Manzano Amarillo
120-180 days
- heirloom
Manzano Rojo
120-180 days
- heirloom
Rocoto (Manzano)
120-150 days
- heirloom
Rocoto Amarillo
120-180 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