- Lemon Drop
Taxobox
name = Lemon Drop
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image_caption = A lemon drop chile
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
subclassis =Asteridae
ordo =Solanales
familia =Solanaceae
genus = "Capsicum "
species = "C. baccatum"
binomial = "Capsicum baccatum"pepper
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heat=Hot (SR: 15,000-30,000):"For the candy, seeLemon drop ".Origin and current use
This terrifically hot, citrus-flavored pepper is a popular seasoning pepper in Peru where it is known as "Kellu Uchu". It is also known in the anglophone world as 'Hot lemon' or 'Lemon Drop'. The bright yellow, crinkled, cone-shaped fruits are about 2-1/2" long and 1/2" wide and mature from green to yellow approximately 100 days after transplanting (Long season) have fewer seeds than the average pepper, containing than 15 seeds on average. They plant is vine like typically reaching a height of about 3 ft. Like other baccatum species this pepper was practically unknown in the West until the early 1990s, but are now gaining wide scale popularity. [Citation | url = http://www.thechileman.org/growing_list.php?list=4028,72,1360,1364,1379,1388,57,1271,2836,2835,4155,434,4091,76,2617,751,402,4092,1471,2361,3522,2788,2727,796,2350,525]
Notes and references
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List of capsicum cultivars
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