Malagueta
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 90-120 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.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Tabasco
Both are upright-podded C. frutescens and are routinely substituted; Tabasco is the Louisiana selection behind the sauce, Malagueta the Brazilian landrace.
- different variety
Malagueta Branca
A cream-fruited form of the Brazilian malagueta type.
Origin & history
The small upright frutescens of Brazil, carried there through the Portuguese trade and now inseparable from Bahian cooking. Botanically close to Tabasco and often mistaken for it.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 90-120 days | |
| Scoville heat | 60,000-100,000 SHU | |
| Pod length | 2-4 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 76% 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 86% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
shorter than 85% 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
Ají Cito
100-130 days
- heirloom
Bird's Eye Chili
85-110 days
- heirloom
Comapeño
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