Is this a Pepper.

Martino · Dec 24, 2015

I am a new pepper grower and I planted anything i could get hold of. This plant has long wavey leaves ant it has an unpleasant smell. I have about 7 of them and now the flowers even looks like a pepper flower.
Is this pepper any good.

What bothers me is the leaves. it has an unpleasant smell if you rub it. smells like a stinking bug

Lovepeppers · Dec 24, 2015

No. Pepper leaves do not smell.

Rymerpt · Dec 24, 2015

I don't think thats a pepper. I've never seen pepper leaves like that before.

SavinaRed · Dec 24, 2015

I'm going with its definitely not a pepper plant.

cruzzfish · Dec 24, 2015

Nightshade if the leaves smell. Good ornamental, but do not eat anything it makes.

fertilizer · Dec 24, 2015

It's definitely not a pepper. That being said, my Aji lemon drop leaves also have a distinct smell to it, very weird.

az1000 · Dec 24, 2015

No pepper. My Pubescens have smell

Martino · Dec 24, 2015

Thanks guys. I am going to stick to reputable guys. I bought ghost peppers from a big online pepper Co and it turned out to be red Habanero's. I bought from him butch t as well and it doesn't look like the advert. But, hey 2015 is gone, lessons learned and 2016 is going to be great. Have a great Festive season for you guys

geeme · Dec 24, 2015

The thing to know about plants in the Nightshade (Solanaceae) family is that they range from edible (chile peppers and potatoes are nightshades) to highly toxic. As cruzzfish said, don't eat any part of the plant or its produce unless you first get a positive ID and find about its particular characteristics.

Burning Colon · Dec 24, 2015

not a pepper.

No. Pepper leaves do not smell.

you have never experienced rocoto/manzano, even the slightest brushing of the leaves releases a sweet grassy aroma and it is not subtle. i rub mine all the time because the fragrance is appealing.

Lovepeppers · Dec 24, 2015

Burning Colon said:
not a pepper.

you have never experienced rocoto/manzano, even the slightest brushing of the leaves releases a sweet grassy aroma and it is not subtle. i rub mine all the time because the fragrance is appealing.

To be more specific, I'm sure there's a scent to any living leaf as chlorophyll will smell, but what I was getting from the OP, that he was smelling a strong natural plant chemical of some sort. No I never grew a rocotto's.

ablizno · Jan 18, 2016

Don't kill it, been trying to figure out what this plant is for hours now. Please post pictures when the flower fertilizes so we can see what fruit/berry/whatever it produces