Origin
Latin America
Unranked
Wild tabasco
Wild tabasco is a Costa Rican Capsicum frutescens collected in the wild and described in the book as a tabasco-like pepper with small yellow-to-red pods.
Scoville SHU not established in cited sources
The cited sources do not establish a numeric SHU range for this pepper.
Species Capsicum frutescens
Tasting notes
Wild tabasco is a Costa Rican Capsicum frutescens collected in the wild and described in the book as a tabasco-like pepper with small yellow-to-red pods.
Common ripening colors
yellowred
How it relates
Broader pepper: Tabasco pepper
Source entry
Reference: Ten Speed Press
SHU not established source heat note
No numeric Scoville value is established in the cited sources for this record.