Tepin
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 100-130 days 1 independent reference · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chiltepin | Shared name (ambiguous) | Tepin, chiltepin and chile piquin are used for wild and semi-wild small-podded C. annuum across a wide range. The names track region and pod shape rather than distinct cultivars. |
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Chiltepin
Regional naming of wild C. annuum populations rather than two bred varieties; the seed lots behind each name do differ.
Origin & history
The wild ancestor form of C. annuum, growing untended across northern Mexico and the Sonoran desert borderlands. Pea-sized, fiercely hot, and spread by birds, which is why it is found under desert shrubs rather than in rows.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 100-130 days | |
| Scoville heat | 50,000-100,000 SHU | |
| Pod length | 0.5-1 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 94% 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.
shorter than 100% 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
Malagueta
90-120 days
- heirloom
Piri Piri
90-120 days
- heirloom
Siling Labuyo
90-120 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, all independent references.
- Chile Pepper Institute research and variety releases · New Mexico State University, University or Government
- Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums · CABI (2012), Scholarly Reference