Brazilian Starfish Pepper Plant
The brazilian starfish plant is prolific producing dozens of chilies on one plant.
Brazilian starfish pepper plant. The brazilian starfish chile plants grow 4 5 feet tall. And the plant takes on a weeping shape with the chilies hanging from extended vines. The fruit varies in heat but often medium spicy sometimes exceeding that of jalapeƱos. 5 000 30 000 scoville heat units 10 pepper seeds.
Aji means chilli in many caribbean dialects. The peppers mature. This is a very uniquely shaped pepper which makes it an excellent ornamental plant. This pepper is great for stir fry sauces and salsa.
The brazilian starfish peppers have a mild to medium heat level and are very sweet and fruity. This tall plant has a vine like habit and produces good yields of 1 2 inch wide starfish shaped peppers that ripen to a brilliant red at maturity. Adds a fruity taste to chilis and salsas. Brazilian starfish pepper seeds resembles a star and grows about 2 inches from green to a beautiful red.
The fruit varies in heat but often medium spicy sometimes exceeding that of jalapeƱos. The baccatum pepper species originated in peru but this variety was domesticated in brazil. The baccatum pepper species originated in peru but this variety was domesticated in brazil. Brazilian starfish pepper capsicum baccatum is a little bomb of flavor.
The brazilian starfish pepper is a capsicum baccatum species. This is where the economics of nightshade plants come in. In peru they flavor fish dishes. This juicy pepper has a floral fruity flavor with medium heat.
From the chili alone the brazilian starfish makes an excellent ornamental pepper but the plant itself brings much to the table too. The white flowers of this plant are also very attractive with the very distinctive greenish yellow markings. Expect surprises when snacking on this pepper. Brazilian starfish boasts complex floral and fruity tones that are perfectly offset by medium heat.
In columbia and ecuador they are made into a condiment. It grows vine like so support or staking is usually necessary. Brazilian starfish boasts complex floral and fruity tones that are perfectly offset by medium heat. Heat varies from 5 000 to 30 000 shu.
But unlike many other peppers with pretty faces and lacking in flavor the brazilian starfish pepper is delicious too. The brazilian starfish is a uniquely shaped pepper. Sometimes it is called the aji brazilian starfish. Expect surprises when snacking on this pepper.
Slightly hotter than a jalapeno. Delicious and sweet with a strawberry apple flavor the flattened 2 star shaped fruits change from green to red. Fruit is always juicy and quite sweet. Brazilian starfish is a much sought after variety of chilli and a very unusual variety due to its uniquely shaped peppers.
The plants are vey productive and ripen from green to red.